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In reply to the discussion: Judged now by loyalty to a political leader? No disagreement accepted. [View all]madfloridian
(88,117 posts)since 2009. Obama's plan via Arne Duncan is an increase in testing with tests made in proprietary ways by private companies. No one knows what the test items will be, and the scoring is done in secret ways as well....again by private companies making a profit from it.
Really, do you think teachers have been motivated the last 4 years? I don't. They have had job security taken away, they have had union contracts broken by education leaders in the guise of "reform".
They can now lose their jobs if the students don't score well, yet the parents and students are not held accountable at all.
Obama's call for more charter schools is taking money from public schools and giving it in many instances to private companies that are not held accountable.
From the tone of your post, I doubt anything I say will make a dent in your anger. So be it.