Mithreal
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Wed Jun-03-09 06:27 PM
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| -What price will we pay for high test scores? |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 01:28 PM |
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Well, of course they'd show high test scores. |
donco6 |
Jun-03-09 01:30 PM |
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That is a good point. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 04:43 PM |
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Fuck all this bullshit... |
BolivarianHero |
Jun-04-09 07:43 AM |
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Amen |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-03-09 06:25 PM |
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Ours are a mixed bag. |
donco6 |
Jun-03-09 06:51 PM |
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OUR KIDS NEED TO REASON |
dotymed |
Jun-04-09 07:31 AM |
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K&R Our school system is a disaster. n/t |
pleah |
Jun-03-09 01:42 PM |
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The free market mantra recited daily. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 01:55 PM |
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And the ongoing destruction of our public school system marches onward |
MadHound |
Jun-03-09 04:49 PM |
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Welcome to the Fourth Wave |
moonbatmax |
Jun-03-09 05:17 PM |
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K&R #5, off to the Greatest Page with this one. I don't believe that George Orwell's intent |
Greyhound |
Jun-03-09 05:26 PM |
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Only high enough to get big returns on the investment. |
Deja Q |
Jun-03-09 05:28 PM |
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Creating brainwashed slaves for the moneyed class. |
girl gone mad |
Jun-03-09 06:04 PM |
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Now it's time to vote out the corporatist politicians and vote in populists. |
Vincardog |
Jun-03-09 06:17 PM |
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Mad, check this out |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-03-09 06:10 PM |
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OMG , I have heard of that stuff happening more and more. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 06:14 PM |
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I cried when I read the comments |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-03-09 06:22 PM |
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GD former gym teachers make the worst principals. nt |
Mithreal |
Jun-03-09 06:27 PM |
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My dad was a middle school principal |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-03-09 06:29 PM |
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I was regretting even writing that. |
Mithreal |
Jun-03-09 06:36 PM |
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Those comments indicate he was a beloved teacher. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 08:20 PM |
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I had a principal tell me once I wasn't paid to be popular |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-04-09 08:40 AM |
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A lot of men go to college primarily to play sports... |
immoderate |
Jun-03-09 08:42 PM |
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here`s a rather interesting article about arne`s nemesis in chicago |
madrchsod |
Jun-03-09 06:13 PM |
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All charter schools are exactly like that one in every respect. |
Telly Savalas |
Jun-03-09 06:19 PM |
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K&R nt |
Mithreal |
Jun-03-09 06:27 PM |
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I appreciate your continued effort to fight the good fight |
LisaM |
Jun-03-09 06:27 PM |
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If Arne and Obama are for them, it does not matter if I am against them. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 06:33 PM |
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Charter schools was an area on which I disagreed with Obama |
LisaM |
Jun-03-09 06:45 PM |
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I think he is mostly misinformed by his friend Duncan. |
madfloridian |
Jun-04-09 01:05 AM |
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This is the key to many of the decisions |
Jakes Progress |
Jun-04-09 09:22 AM |
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He also tends to rely on Harvard affiliations |
LisaM |
Jun-04-09 11:47 AM |
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I have wondered why there has been so much emphasis on testing. |
midnight |
Jun-03-09 06:57 PM |
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Because it is a deliberate, concerted and ongoing effort to privatize the public school system |
MadHound |
Jun-03-09 07:09 PM |
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Testing is also a quick and dirty way to show "progress" |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jun-04-09 08:49 AM |
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So right. "Mastering content" is not really learning in depth. |
madfloridian |
Jun-04-09 06:01 PM |
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The schools are going to fail and be turned into charter and other schools. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 07:09 PM |
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Who the hell would work there? |
jimlup |
Jun-03-09 08:18 PM |
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I agree about the brightest and the best. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 09:31 PM |
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There was a bill in the AZ legislature to make it illegal to teach about communism or socialism. |
armyowalgreens |
Jun-03-09 08:20 PM |
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This kinda crap is why tenure was born. |
donco6 |
Jun-04-09 08:01 AM |
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Why should kids care about education anyway? |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-03-09 09:50 PM |
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That is an insulting thing to say about teachers. |
madfloridian |
Jun-03-09 10:20 PM |
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A word of explanation. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-03-09 10:30 PM |
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I've known hundreds of teachers in my career. |
donco6 |
Jun-04-09 07:59 AM |
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Well, all I know is my experience. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-04-09 10:14 AM |
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A word of explanation. |
Statistical |
Jun-04-09 08:38 AM |
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Jun-04-09 10:09 AM |
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Well, that's just not true at all. |
donco6 |
Jun-04-09 07:57 AM |
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My point is, why should kids bother? |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-04-09 10:28 AM |
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Wow. I'm really sorry for you. |
donco6 |
Jun-04-09 06:16 PM |
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That's no surprise. Goth kids are phonies. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-05-09 12:23 AM |
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No thanks. |
donco6 |
Jun-05-09 07:59 AM |
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You are young. Life has been good to you. You will learn. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-05-09 10:20 AM |
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I'm 50. |
donco6 |
Jun-05-09 11:11 AM |
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You're as young as you think. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-05-09 11:48 AM |
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Now you're just being funny. |
donco6 |
Jun-05-09 12:11 PM |
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I suspect we're not as different as we previously thought. |
tomreedtoon |
Jun-05-09 03:48 PM |
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I've often thought that as well. |
donco6 |
Jun-05-09 04:16 PM |
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This school is 40% Asian |
XemaSab |
Jun-04-09 01:35 AM |
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What is wrong with this? |
Statistical |
Jun-04-09 08:17 AM |
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Actually, |
LWolf |
Jun-04-09 08:32 AM |
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Didn't know that. If there are solid stats to back it up then I guess it is ok. |
Statistical |
Jun-04-09 08:34 AM |
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Florida doesn't promote from 3rd grade until the FCAT is passed. |
madfloridian |
Jun-04-09 09:09 AM |
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Thanks for this. nt |
LWolf |
Jun-04-09 08:33 AM |
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I didn't get through your whole post |
JerseygirlCT |
Jun-04-09 09:25 AM |
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You are right. Bragging about firing teachers is just weird. |
madfloridian |
Jun-06-09 08:44 PM |
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