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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:23 PM Original message |
Geoffrey Canada's Harlem schools to be replicated around country...200 million of public money. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. these kids are not the public? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Those playgrounds will have to go to make room for the schools |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I may be crazy, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Those kids go to school already. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I guess I don't understand how giving poor kids the choice of attending a school |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. A false choice. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. There aren't a lot of spots available in Manhattan for a 1300 student school. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Wow. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. then maybe they shouldn't have one. or maybe they should pay market price instead of stealing |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. This is the Wal-Martization of the school system. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I really don't understand your question? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. k n r |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. He promised to do just this: |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He also promised more charter schools. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Like Afghanistan he is doing what he promised |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. the anti-democratic blitzkreig marches on. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. There was a time we would have cared. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Only a few get to go to this charter school. But it gets public money. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Public money to fund private enterprises.. How much more Republican can one get?? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Obama is destroying public education this time so it's OK... |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. Any school can be an excellent school . . . |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Very true. |
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NYC_DEM (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I do not normally post however |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well, I have given my reasons for opposition. Over and over and over. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not one recommend for this information? Screw that, a big K&R for what should matter to all. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. it's gotten recs; mine for starters. just more from the deform crowd. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That is a shame, this should not be about supporting Obama for the |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't think I'd call a nonprofit "private enterprise" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I refer to the fact it is publicly funded yet privately run. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, first, they do have a board of directors |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Millions of dollars are going to charter schools from the DOE this year. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I can't R at this point, but I can definitely K! |
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traceydouglas (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. when non-profit really isn't |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Very true. Welcome to DU. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. yeah, Canada threw an entire class out for low test scores and told the families to go to school |
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traceydouglas (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. and when class sizes are increasing |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. Get Schooled! Big is not always bad: How a 4,100-student high school changed a culture and minds |
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