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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:30 PM Original message |
Howard Dean thinks we need to give Obama more time |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like he is just plain unaware, or else just doesn't care. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes that's the AFT charter he mentioned |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I am sure he is aware, like all of the Democrats in charge |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Howard Dean cares about a lot but he may have a different opinion about charter schools |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting... I would like to know what he thinks about the demonizing of public school teachers. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. I honestly got the impression he wasn't aware of this |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. He was surprised that Obama stickers are off teachers' cars? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well it's a fairly new issue |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. well, let's be fair - only off SOME teachers' cars... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I look forward to hearing more about your lunch. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's why he won't say anything at all against charters. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:49 PM Original message |
We're screwn. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. didya ever stop to think that just MAYBE |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They know how to turn education into profit. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. They THINK they do |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I completely and totallly support PUBLIC EDUCATION - |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Perhaps some of them are trying to create conditions in which things that are more of a hybrid would |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Not really. This is about limiting access to higher education. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. So what stops teachers/unions from creating their own schools, to solve their |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Keep pushing this garbage of "choice" and other rot. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Garbage of "choice" . . . interesting phrase - |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
82. Frustrating, isn't it? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Money. That's what stops them. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. p2bl - I will personally help you write the proposals |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. oh wow! What a GREAT IDEA! Why didn't someone |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. WHAT? |
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adnelson60087 (661 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Nope. Not a chance of that. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. never been inside a classroom? |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
83. Wow. You really went there. |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. Ha! Good luck with that train of thought around here... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The problem with that children's zone model |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree, good for Howard.. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. More about Geoffrey Canada and his zero tolerance creed. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And what happened to 7th and 8th grades? |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Ssshhhhhh |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. is Dean the new face of the New Dem approach to corporate educating? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Most Democratic leaders are on board with corporate educating. |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
85. Oh, come on. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. so is the Dean bashing going to start now? n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. yes |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
87. Yes Again (nt) |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Geoffrey attacks unions. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Geoffrey says adults are to blame for any failures in kids' lives. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Kids are responsible for learning and for behavior." |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. +100! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Recommended and thanks for sharing with us his thoughts. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. one more time: ALL CHARTER schools are PUBLIC schools! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. . |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. The "fuss" is all bs stuff. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. That is just absolutely not true. |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Save your time and effort, mzteris. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. I understand what he means but |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Dean also said |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. and we should LISTEN to each other! |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. He listens |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Howard DEAN? n/t |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Yeah, but remember what Rahm said. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I interpreted that to mean, |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Three more years |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. "reject your ideas" |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
77. No, I expect him not to brag |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Dean is a reformer, not a press secretary for the NEA |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That is not "reform". That is privatization of education. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I'm not in that latter category |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Yeah, and the rest are shills for the charter school industry. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. No, they/we are not! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think the fundamental criteria should be Function & Commitment. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. The main problem with education, IMO, is the lack of a standardized curriculum. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Dirty words, those! But I am with you on that. There NEEDS to be a balance and there's nothing even |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Yeah because every single teacher and every single student in every single school |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. see? You do get some of the concepts . . . |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Dean talked about standards too |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. ITA with that. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Teachers had plenty of lattitude to teach creatively or otherwise when I went to school. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Diane Ravitch addresses this in her book. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. "keep our message focused on the kids" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Look at it this way: |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I disagree. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. And I agree with you completely |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. And so often we assume our concern for children is implicit |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I fully believe that you - most of you - |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. oh puhleeze - |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. "We can unite if we focus on kids." |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Doctor Dean is absolutely right |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
76. Spoken like a politician...who does not "get" education. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Exactly right. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. He never did have much of a platform for education n/t |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
80. What a reasonable response. |
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