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reACTIONary

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19. Money is not an educational resource until...
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 09:18 PM
Mar 2013

... it is used to purchase something that helps teachers and students. If corporations can help teachers be more effective and help students learn more, I support them.

TPTB don't care what we think or what is right. madfloridian Mar 2013 #1
What do parents here think about this privacy invasion? madfloridian Mar 2013 #2
Huge K&R, woo me with science Mar 2013 #3
Gee. Aren't corporations pupils? Octafish Mar 2013 #4
Ah, great link to PURE. It is scary stuff. Where's the outrage? madfloridian Mar 2013 #5
oh, I won't forget or give up. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #6
K & R proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #7
+1 DonRedwood Mar 2013 #9
Well said. hay rick Mar 2013 #8
As a teacher it does feel like both parties must be in on the destruction of public education. DonRedwood Mar 2013 #10
I agree with you about that. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #13
Unfortunately they are. madfloridian Mar 2013 #34
^ Wilms Mar 2013 #11
I think the issue is being misrepresented. After reading the Ruters article.... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #12
Of course it's a privacy issue. madfloridian Mar 2013 #14
I don't think this is an acurate characterization of "the database". reACTIONary Mar 2013 #17
Read the part about sharing without letting parents know or opt out. madfloridian Mar 2013 #27
I think there are several valid issues... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #37
RE: Rupert Murdoch / Bill Gates reACTIONary Mar 2013 #39
I only imagine what UK politicians et al whose phones were hacked think of what we have done. madfloridian Mar 2013 #40
Why not spend this money to fully fund the schools; create small class sizes, hire teachers with liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #15
Good idea. madfloridian Mar 2013 #16
Money is not an educational resource until... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #19
Ooh...why not let educators in on the act? madfloridian Mar 2013 #24
What privatization???? I don't understand... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #25
I have written much about it. You can do a search. OR a general google search. madfloridian Mar 2013 #26
What I was wondering about is more of a definitional question... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #38
Why not do both? And, while you are at it... reACTIONary Mar 2013 #18
I like your "avatar", BTW. (NT) reACTIONary Mar 2013 #20
The Obama administration never met a corrupt corporation it didn't want to help make richer forestpath Mar 2013 #21
k&r Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #22
Rupert Murdoch is quite possibly the single worst human being alive. Initech Mar 2013 #23
Scary stuff. I am really disappointed in Bill Gates. Mojorabbit Mar 2013 #28
When he said teachers don't improve after 3 years.... madfloridian Mar 2013 #29
Gates needs to go back to school Rex Mar 2013 #31
Dealing with a known criminal, how pathetic. Rex Mar 2013 #30
Recommend... KoKo Mar 2013 #32
Murdoch hit by 600 new claims of phone hacking, yet we trust him with our students' privacy. madfloridian Mar 2013 #33
we know how much murdoch respects privacy. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #35
Giving him access to private student info...stunning. madfloridian Mar 2013 #36
The undoing of public education wasn't enough, they need to eliminate privacy too. Jefferson23 Mar 2013 #41
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