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In reply to the discussion: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On [View all]GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)37. I think it began with your heart throb Ronald Reagan.
He made stupidity respectable.
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Because there's money in that, or because someone thought kids were learning the 'wrong' things
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#13
People (and corporations) saw the giant revenue stream and wanted to get in on it.
SharonAnn
Dec 2012
#22
Bullshit we were "leaving it up to teachers" for a long time. That's never
liberalhistorian
Dec 2012
#4
Some of the problem is that everything isn't as cut and dry as you'd like to make it
silhouete2
Dec 2012
#43
I might accept your explanation if I didn't see how well Asian immigrants do in Hawaii.
dkf
Dec 2012
#47
administration is the bane of teaching. I can't go to my favorite restaurant
roguevalley
Dec 2012
#41
What changed it was Republicans pushing to privatize Education and a lot of people jumped
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#52