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In reply to the discussion: So now we are jailing teachers [View all]Trillo
(9,154 posts)48. Thanks for telling us.
I do not mean this sarcastically, but it seems the school-to-prison pipeline expanded a bit. It's aways a good time to scale that whole process back. School should never mean a jail sentence for any students or teachers, except the most extreme ones who are being dangerously violent toward others.
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We jail teachers all the time when/if they are convited of crimes. Child molestation, drunk driving
kelly1mm
Apr 2015
#8
Dd you not read the OP? $5000 bonues is not personal gain to you? From the OP:
kelly1mm
Apr 2015
#14
i read it. i also read other stories about it, and the background. more than half the teachers in
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#17
the daily mail is a british tabloid. that's the link that's in the OP. if atlanta is your town,
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#37
The length of incarceration is a different question than should they be incarcerated at all. I
kelly1mm
Apr 2015
#16
Whilst simultaneously rationalizing fraud as part and parcel of a noble endeavor.
LanternWaste
Apr 2015
#47
This is the rotten fruit of "education reform," putting teachers and administrators
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#9
I don't know as anyone 'planned' for teachers to cheat on these stupid tests. I think certain malign
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#21
of course they did. when you construct impossible tests that *all* students must pass or the
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#24
It's an interesting theory you posit, but do you have any evidence for it? Or is it
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#31
Oh, puh-leeze. No Child Left Behind was and is a crime against the children. Its perps
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#22
I'm not 'defending crooks' either, merely pointing out who the real criminals are (the architects
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#32
The elite's priviledged progeny are the future 'leaders' who'll be running the country, God help us-
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#30
+100. Ditto Michele Rhee and a host of others. Including a raft of now closed charter
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#25
The pressure starts at the Department of education and by the time it trickles
mfcorey1
Apr 2015
#53