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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:42 PM Original message |
Obama Pushes States to Shift on Education--More charter schools & test scores used to judge teachers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. (shakes head) You can never, ever hold teachers accountable for anything... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Says who? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Teachers. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh really? |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Ha ha ha! Please name your sources. I am a sub teacher. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You just gave grover norquist an orgasm. nt |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. No Shit |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Bullshit |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Doctors get sued all the time for malpractice |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. teachers have never killed anybody - unlike doctors nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Some parents would disagree with that assertion: |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. well, glad you cleared that up. Something tells me you hated sixth |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. OK for holding teachers accountable iff govt allows teachers to decide whether a student is in |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are brave. People here overall have low opinions of teachers. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's already in the first post. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I will look again. I did not see Gingrich mentioned. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I mean the low opinion part. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. DUzy for that metaphor. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Glad you liked it! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Overall? I thought it was just me. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, most here know you hold low opinions of many things....teachers included. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. I have negative opinions of teachers from personal experience. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. It would be interesting to let the members of the hate teachers brigade teach for a year or two. |
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downeyr (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
65. This concerns me... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Huh? Obama is advancing Republican educational goals? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. This has been Duncan's mantra from the start. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yikes. I had no idea. I have been focused on other issues. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Duncan in Chicago was a big charter proponent. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. I Have Heard NOTHING On What Duncan Says About RURAL Schools, |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. I'm thinking the latter. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
70. This was his position during the campaign... didn't like it then |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Yuck. I missed that, obviously. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Darth Norquist is grinning his evil grin. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Other unions are good. Teachers' unions are bad. Teachers are bad. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I think some of these just got caught |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's awful. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. When Should We Give Up? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Obama has always had his head up his ass on education. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. yeah lets grade OBAMA by the performance of congress lol wanker BS from him nt |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Congress? |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Great analogy. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. OK, we're getting Romney's health care plan and Bush's ed policies. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Kick |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Nice, Isn't It? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. +1 nt |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. The republicanization of public schools |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. one more step in the direction of getting rid of public education |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. We have a public Montessori school. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I favor teachers. I dislike Duncan and charter schools and stupid fucking tests. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Thank You Stinky |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. Posted my thoughts on education previously... |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Excellent. You Should Repost That (nt) |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good. Hopefully this will weaken the stranglehold the teachers' unions have on the districts. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Teachers' unions are bad. Others are good things. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. It's amazing how much right wing bullshit has made its way onto DU. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Teachers' unions have a stranglehold on the districts? |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. What other job can you get that pays $70,000 for 9 months of work? |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. what the F*ck are you talking about?!!! |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Here you go: |
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downeyr (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Do you know why that is?! |
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downeyr (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. A-fucking-men! n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. You're either being willfully disingeuous, or you're dramatically uninformed on this topic |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. amen, MadHound |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Teachers are enemies of the people. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Public Schools Have Accountability. Charter And Private Schools Do Not Have The Same Accountability |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Obama's disastrous ideas on education are getting lost amid his losing tactics on healh care reform. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
49. Charter schools=corporate/christian Testing/judging teachers=union busting |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Exactly |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
52. Might as well take a fucked up worthless system, and INCREASE IT! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Obama/Duncan = republican destruction of public education on steroids. |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. so true, so true |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. And seriously, what the fuck is more important than education? |
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downeyr (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I more or less said that... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. I've been saying that for decades. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
78. At the very least, |
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tj2001 (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
71. More $$$ for Pearson, Data Recognition et al |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
73. Not sure what to think of any of it. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. Well, I'll bet the Health Care Teabaggers won't be up in arms about this government control. |
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Prophet0621 (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. We've had standardized tests here in Va for years and |
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