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HiPointDem

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12. and that's one of the reasons chicago's murder rate is so high; sending kids into enemy turf.

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:11 PM

Jan 2013

when you close down neighborhood schools & replace them with charters while making the only 'choice' further away & in 'enemy' territory, you're creating a privatized monopoly & privatizing some of the only public community spaces in the neighborhood.

the 'progressive' professor wants the results of the consumer satisfaction survey because free market values are what progressivism is all about...

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EDjango Unchained: The Coming Revolt against ‘No Excuses’ Schools [View all] HiPointDem Jan 2013 OP

Slave plantations, prisons, and the military are also "compliance based" institutions - leveymg Jan 2013 #1

the school to prison pipeline? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #2

Someone has to be fed into the Charter School-Prison-Military Industrial Complex. leveymg Jan 2013 #3

Exactly. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #6

I was made to stand in line loose wheel Jan 2013 #4

Pretty good description of Lake Wobegon n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #5

I saw markedly higher behavior standards when I went to school vs my daughters ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #7

it's not exactly 'voluntary' when your neighborhood school has been closed and replaced by a HiPointDem Jan 2013 #9

There is still a non-charter public school to which they are assigned ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #10

Neighborhood public schools in black urban districts are being closed. No transportation is HiPointDem Jan 2013 #11

I asked about transportation to the now more distant regular public schools. Charter school rarely ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #16

and that's one of the reasons chicago's murder rate is so high; sending kids into enemy turf. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #12

I had not considered the gang turf issue...but for elementary schools? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #15

I was made to stand in line too. I was not made to maintain silence most of the day, follow a HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

Right. You had to stand in line silently and eat your lunch silently pnwmom Jan 2013 #17

Welcome to the modern day version of "Civilizing the natives" nt MrScorpio Jan 2013 #13

+1, good analogy HiPointDem Jan 2013 #14