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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:01 PM Original message |
Mother Jones: "Fast Times at Recruitment High".. Arne Duncan and military schools. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. America is just getting more militarized by the second. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. But if you state the obvious you're thought by many to be from Neptune. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
227. Well honey |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I knew Arne Duncan was trouble when he promoted so many charter |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Trouble is that he's not in trouble....he has huge power over schools. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. more public charter schools are becoming unionized |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In our state the teachers union is county-wide, then state, then national. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. There are 50 states, not just yours . . . |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Since my tax dollars are going to these schools... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. you know, it's been my experience |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. it's been my experience that walmart pays people to promote charters. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Your statement shows how public schools have been brought to their knees. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. what was ugly about it? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It was a statement that shows your ignorance of how teachers are evaluated. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. don't be disingenuous; it was an attempt to discredit the poster by |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Thanks for that. Yes, there are several attempts here to discredit what I say. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Walmart has a well-funded organization promoting charter schools in the US. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. They gave over 50 million toward charter schools and vouchers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. yep. Foundations are the biggest force pushing charters, despite the disingenuous |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Hi, Mzteris! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. So glad your child got his/hers. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Most public charter schools |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Where do they get their money to start up? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. start up monies |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. Oh, you are WAAAAY too credible and sensible and rational.... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
129. that depends on your political leanings as I have observed |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. Nope. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. really? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #80 |
99. I work with and advise |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #99 |
118. ooooo - "several" charters |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #118 |
153. Whoa. So much misinformation and crap in one post. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #153 |
157. +25 |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #153 |
171. but no comment on the stats and information, eh? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #171 |
182. when you comment on the folks funding your faux "grassroots". |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #153 |
238. Who were those two "most inspriational and dedicated educators the country has"? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
205. " . . how many is several - three, four? " |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
123. info on closed charters - |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Here's where mzteris gets her stats: Center for Education Reform Board = |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #123 |
180. Your only source is a site for pushing charter schools? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
126. The source of the lady's stats = astroturf org featuring Chris Whittle... |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #126 |
155. Hannah. I'm sorry my dear. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #155 |
158. Don't stop posting. I have no illusions about the political situation, nor that there |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #158 |
170. Just lovely. And welcome. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #170 |
172. you know, i love how people who know they're being |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #172 |
183. lol. you're "ignoring" me, how special. "we must suffer it all again" |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #99 |
179. The charter that formed in the tiny district from which I graduated |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. These are the stories of charters |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. arne went to a $20K/yr private school for his entire pre-college education. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #179 |
246. Your post confirms that charter schools must perform or they will be closed.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
120. some stats for ya - |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #120 |
166. more astroturf "information," this heaping of crap from an org led by |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #61 |
101. what a crock of hooey. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
133. Well, she certainly wasn't getting a decent education in the conventional classroom (n/t). |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #133 |
152. I'm glad a child got a good education. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #152 |
173. 11% of charters are for-profit "corporate" run |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #173 |
185. you keep dissembling. 11.8% rounds to 12%, not 11. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #185 |
202. Quibbling about 0.2% (TWO TENTHS of a percent)???? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #202 |
208. nope, about 1%. the difference in the rounding error = 1%. not surprising you can't do math either. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. unlike 97% of charter schools. which are non-union, & exempt from collective bargaining. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
89. And now the rest of the story: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #89 |
102. * |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #89 |
105. Most charter school are non-union. Twenty-five percent hire non-certified teachers. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #105 |
139. "Most" now? That falls far short of your 97% of yesterday.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #139 |
167. there's no contradiction between 97% & "most". i had to back off 97% because the data |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #167 |
193. "The data was too old"???? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #193 |
209. you're so bogus. There IS no hard data on the exact current percent unionization of charter schools |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #209 |
218. Fine, there's no data.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #89 |
124. All your story demonstrates is that charter schools are usually non-union and only now is this... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. there are many school-board-run-public schools |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. more propaganda from chris whittle's statistic-gathering service? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #131 |
140. You seem to sum up any opinion that doesn't agree with yours.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #140 |
159. you can't even spell "disingenuous". great PR for charters. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #159 |
188. On blogs, newsgroups, etc., it's considered "childish" to dwell on typos.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #188 |
217. "i" nowhere near "e" on keyboard. same "typo" twice = disingenuous. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #217 |
247. You probably don't realize it but.... |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
150. No, my story demonstrates that charter schools are NOT 97% non-union and that there has been... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #150 |
156. it does nothing of the sort. no percentages are mentioned, & the story is about nyc. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #156 |
191. The story is about NYC? Only the largest public school system in the COUNTRY! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #191 |
213. arizona = largest charter system. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #89 |
214. Illinois : Charter Schools (2005) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #214 |
215. Do Charter SchoolsMeasure Up? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
88. But, but, but.....charter schools are supposed to be "anti-union"... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. most charter schools aren't, & are exempt from state collective bargaining regs. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
91. "Most"? "Exempt"? Not even close! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #91 |
103. oh, baloney. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #103 |
142. So where did the defining "most" come from? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
216. keep flinging the bullshit, maybe some will stick. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
199. You still haven't addressed where the defining "most" came from? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Deleted message |
George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
85. Wow...that's scary!!! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why is my first thought Starship Troopers? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
98. Acid? (probably my first unilateral "deleted post"!!! But it may have been worth it) |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Unrealistic and unfounded (with direct facts) claims by MJN |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not a fact in sight. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Duplicate message...deleted by poster. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You are conducting this one-person crusade against Arne Duncan (and the Obama Administration).... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. You appear to be a one man crusade to discredit anything I write. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. No, that is definitely NOT true...I've "rec-ed" a number of your posts and posted positive... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. That is directly from his bio at the Education website. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. Yes, that is where I got it, but everything that was included is TRUE. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. do a little research about public education in chicago before you comment |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
68. I have. Anything specific I should be researching that I may have missed? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Because PR releases = "truth". |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. Treading on the thin ice of deleted posts again.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. dunno who you're replying to |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Hannah Bell.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. ah - |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #84 |
169. you know, the person who went to the trouble of looking at the board members |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #169 |
195. HUH??? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #195 |
212. The poster's use of agit-prop from Chris Whittle's phony "grassroots" charter school |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. Are you bragging about getting someone deleted? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. No, but when one falsely accuses me of something that is offensive.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #97 |
135. hey - can you let me know |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #69 |
106. funny how much you sound like a charter promoter when you're not. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #106 |
144. Perhaps, but... |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. .. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
107. WTF does being able to take tests |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Sure they made it all up. No facts here. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. So? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #72 |
110. catholic school = private school. public schools using public funds should not promote either |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #110 |
145. ...or Cub Scounts or Boy Scouts? BTW, every Wednesday in Brookly NY, all Catholic students... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #145 |
160. the public wasn't paying for their catechism classes, or scouting classes. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #160 |
192. No, they weren't paying for the classes, but the teachers were being paid for NOT.... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Cannon fodder for our current and future wars. A quick check of the Secretary's bio |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And never spent time in a classroom either. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. depends on the meaning of spent time. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. AMEN! Thank you, thank you, thank you.......... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Duncan attended PRIVATE SCHOOLS cradle through uni. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. So did Ted Kennedy - got a problem with him too????? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #73 |
100. a few, yes. but somewhat fewer than with school privatizers like duncan. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #100 |
146. Is that your subtle, hidden admission.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #146 |
161. do you actually have anything of substance to say? because you're boring me. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #161 |
196. The fact that I DO have lots of substance to say is precisely.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. He went to private school. As did most of the "reformers" of the public schools, including |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. You sure nailed that one! Oops: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #74 |
109. in fact, they were. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
147. So, according to you and your definitions, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #147 |
162. it's not "me & my definitions". obama went to a "public school" by the british definition; |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #162 |
194. Pirouette as you will, Obama attended a PUBLIC SCHOOL! No equivocation whatsoever. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #147 |
176. I don't think this one actually |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #176 |
187. you could say it, but it wouldn't be true. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. and in britain, most of its colonies, & countries influenced by its ed system, |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #189 |
198. Most of Britain's "colonies"? Is this old data again? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
108. Fuck that shit... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #108 |
111. The new Democratic Party: "They're just cannon fodder anyway, let's spend public money to train |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #111 |
197. You use quotes - who said that? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #108 |
117. hey, let's all burn down the pentagon, then. it will make me happy. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. military academies already exist. & they have scholarships. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
243. Duncan never spend time in a classroom? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
76. Why is one's military sevice relevant? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
149. He's also never taught. He's not an educator. nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. I see the usual detractors |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Oh my I had forgotten that part of NCLB. No child's name left behind for military clause. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. THEY???? Who the f- are they? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. My interpretation of "they" is the so-called powers that be. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. I guess if I never post anything critical about any Obama appointee |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. "Patriotic education" : a lovely euphemism for "wingnut indoctrination" |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. One More Reason I am Rolling Up My Sleeves |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. once again i note people who have never set foot in chicago bashing |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. a big lie in this article is implying that this is all duncan's doing. it is not. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Evidence of ChicAgo's "long history" of military PUBLIC schools, please? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
78. You have the evidence right in front of you, right IN the post.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #78 |
112. I don't see the long military tradition. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #112 |
143. Sorry, but....... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #143 |
163. Deleted sub-thread |
mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #78 |
175. Don't you love how they just completely |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #175 |
190. Hmmm... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Any doubts after reading these comments that our public education is effectively over? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. American Federation of Teachers: |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I could say a lot after the AFT and the NEA.,..but my post was not about them. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. I don't hate public schools - my children |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
138. Parents are the first teachers...nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #64 |
168. "they got tenure" - another right wing meme. fyi, (some) university profs get "tenure". |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #168 |
200. And some teachers in Florida earn seniority (they don't call it tenure) even if they're inept. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #200 |
231. they don't call it "tenure" - maybe because "seniority" isn't "tenure". |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #231 |
242. I know seniority isn't tenure, that's why I mentioned it! Do YOU know the difference? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. "Albert Shanker: Ruthless Neocon." |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
92. Albert Shanker - "busting independent union power"? WTF??? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Also to anyone questioning my right to criticize charter schools, my tax money pays for them. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Also to anyone questioning my right to criticize school-board-run- public-schools, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yes, you have the right. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Maybe |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. No, that is absolutely not the case. I posted a good post. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. i don't hate public schools |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. oh yeah |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
93. I thought the Gates Foundation and Walmart pays for them? Which is it???????? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #93 |
113. Walmart/Gates pay for the propaganda & R&D. Then the public pays to run them. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
141. So, going back to the irrational discussion from a day or two ago, where we were told.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. The most important quote you'll ever read about this |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. That is spin. Of course they are different. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. For god's sake - stop lumping!! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. Why make corporations richer? Why not pay teachers better and support them? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #95 |
119. mad, mad, mad, mad, mad - |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #95 |
121. some stats, for you, too . . . |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #121 |
134. cherry-picked just for you by chris whittle's astroturf orgs. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
201. Who is "doing away with public schools so corporations can get richer"? And how is that being done? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
132. you = "lumper". "charter schools *are* public schools," lol. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #132 |
245. Read this please.... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. Why would a Teacher's Union spin this anyways? n/t |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS???? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. it's already got me branded |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. Deleted sub-thread |
Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #87 |
116. because "charter schools are public schools," right? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #116 |
204. They are, even without the quotes. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #77 |
115. shanker |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #115 |
203. Shanker died years before "No Child Left Behind" was ever articulated! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #203 |
210. poor reading skills too. no surprise. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
114. aft again. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
211. The most important bullshit propaganda you're every read about this. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
104. Daily "life" in the USAmerikan Empire |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
122. I happened to be in Chicago on memorial day a few years ago, and as I got off a L train... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
127. It makes you wonder why a Democratic administration chose Duncan. Is this more Rahm? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
136. If (a) = (x) and (b) is next to (a) in the alphabet, then (b) = (x)! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #136 |
148. Do you want your tax money going to military and religious schools? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
137. The real question I don't see addressed is... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #137 |
151. Depends on your definitions of learning and education. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #151 |
174. Charter schools are PUBLIC SCHOOLS! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #174 |
240. They're not the same thing. People use the correct language. If you did, you wouldn't be banging |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #137 |
165. the most in-depth review of charter school results finds no benefit. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #165 |
177. Oh, I have a bunch of stuff I am getting ready to post about their results. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. please be sure to vet your sources, 'k? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #178 |
186. you only post stuff from charter school propaganda mills funded by the waltons, gates & whittles. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #165 |
220. "Please sir, may I have some more?" |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #137 |
234. Must you dwell on such trivial, unimportant measures? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
154. Someone in this thread just compared me with Bob Novak. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #154 |
164. the posters are projecting. they quote walmart & whittle - what else would you |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #164 |
207. Risking another "deleted post".... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #164 |
229. Why are issues |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #229 |
232. del. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #164 |
233. Chris Whittle, founder of Edison Schools? That Chris Whittle? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #154 |
206. Where? I don't see that anywhere here. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #206 |
230. Post #136 |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #230 |
235. That post doesn't...... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #235 |
237. No difference at all. No difference at all. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #237 |
239. Not intentionally, but being realistic is rewarding.. |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #237 |
241. Ahem: |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
219. Did you see Arne Duncan in Face the Nation this morning? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #219 |
221. "Answered" or spun? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #221 |
223. Answered |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #223 |
224. Elaborate? |
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George II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #224 |
226. I didn't take notes, but I'm sure you can find the transcript on the CBS website. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #226 |
228. And until then, we should believe your assertion because............ |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
222. New Orleans. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #222 |
225. Reaganism succeeded in making people identify with the rich, against their own self interests |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #225 |
244. or turns them into hairy trolls, such as lurk on this thread. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
236. +1 |
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