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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:49 AM Original message |
Obama to deliver major education reform address |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Excerpts from Remarks of President Barack Obama on Education |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Is The Phrase "Charter Schools" In There Anywhere? (nt) |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You should track down a video or transcipt after and find out for yourself. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I Will try To Find One, So I Have The Whole Thing |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry, but sounds like a lot of excuses -- not very convincing Mr. President. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He glosses over the core point |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'd definitely argue that the AFT and NEA question the "if" part too. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Somewhere in between |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Having better tracking of teacher performance would prevent the "fire em all" approach. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not entirely |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yes (nt) |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. From the AP..... |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. The problem is.... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's BS. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Unfortunately, it's not BS, It's often quite... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Good...because we teachers also... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And that's the problem. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Thank you for the civil... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Of course, we have to address the much broader social-economic context |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I do not doubt Obama's intent... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I totally appreciate your point. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I don't think your analysis applies to the bottom 5000 schools |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. How about holding parents accountable if they don't prep their kids for school? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. And in the age we're living in that's almost bloody impossible. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Mandatory parental education |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. Those of you who are poo pooing this are missing a barn-burner... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That was sheer, pointed eloquence on such a critical issue... |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It was magnificently brilliant. People here are so deaf |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yep. As fanatics as the far right. Not even listening. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. When are we going to hold banks accountable? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Were you absent from the US when financial reform was passed? n/t |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. a pile of money gone awry is pretty easily set straight. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Reality calls. |
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