A WOW from @HillaryClinton on Charter Schools

[Skidmore]

http://cloakinginequity.com/2015/11/09/a-wow-from-hillaryclinton-on-charter-schools/

Hillary Clinton blew me away today. Honestly, I had been personally trending towards Bernie Sanders. I even tagged along last night to #FeelTheBern at a Las Vegas campaign rally. However, I was disappointed again that that Bernie said nothing about education besides that he will press for free college— which I do realize is a big deal considering the mountains of debt many students these days are facing (See my family’s story in the post Lily’s Blackboard: Dimming the American Dream with Debt).

But still nothing on K-12...

So back to being blown away… In early October I Tweeted a question… I longingly hoped Hillary would leave behind top-down, private.. control reforms and instead move to a new community-based reform agenda.

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I realize many thought we were going down an enlightened road with Obama in 2008 (I even served on the Obama campaign’s national education policy committee) only to have the rug pulled out from under us with the appointment of Arne Duncan (See A Top Ten of @ArneDuncan Inanity: Obama’s Basketball Buddy Drops Ball on Ed). But I also realize that the Republicans I will be watching tomorrow in the debate are whole hog top-down, private control and privatization education “reform” proponents (What happened to local control?).

So just WOW Hillary. It’s a start. I’d like to hear more about high-stakes testing, Common Core, teacher evaluation, the school-to-prison pipeline, multiple measure accountability etc (See also Top 10 Education Questions for 2016 Presidential Candidates) But, Hillary has me hopeful today...more

[ibegurpard]

1. wowed by what she recently said?

And not her record or past statements? And then we have people wondering why peoples' intelligence is being questioned...
Hillary lies about whatever she has to to get ahead.

[Faux pas]

2. +10000000000000000000000000000000000000

[Fearless]

3. Yup.

[misterhighwasted]

8. No she doesn't lie about everything to get ahead, since She's always been ahead

Now I see bernie lying about everything he says to get ahead because he has a reason. He's always been behind.

[upaloopa]

4. This Hillary supporter was never for charter schools

They are for profit and it isn't profitable to teach kids with learning disabilities.
Also I feel it is not good to separate kids based on their abilities.
I think we make way too much of kids who seem smarter than their age group.
All kids do not learn the same way and a lot of creative kids don't fit into the mold.

[ibegurpard]

5. your candidate is

And her latest Weasel-words on the topic show she has not disavowed them.

[misterhighwasted]

6. Weasel-words??? lol.

Bet you call that candidate juvenile names without having taken a moment to hear one speech that candidate has said on this topic.

[misterhighwasted]

9. wtf? incoherent statement is this?

Maybe take a break, you just made absolutely no sense.

Off to the ignore bin with ya.

[Starry Messenger]

10. K&R

[ismnotwasm]

11. K&R