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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:30 PM Original message |
Here's An Idea For Education: Fund The God-Damned Public Schools To Begin With! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Massive teacher layoffs in CA this week. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Tell me about it. My kid's school system CUSD put out about 400 |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. His tax cuts would take a few million from my school. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. do not complain about CA CC rates. They are CRAZY cheap. |
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sense (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Part of the problem |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Currently, the people at the top in DC are screwing the states on the coasts |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Lets go ahead and apply this principle to all social programs |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I agree, but as a person living in CA I'm a bit tired of hearing from |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The problem... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. BINGO! |
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sense (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I agree |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. They also overlook the top end and just blame the teachers |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I'm so sick of the "I don't want to pay any taxes" assholes! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. So very K&R! |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. they are prob gonna cancel summer school here and are toying with a 4 day week |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. What really gets me is the jagoffs who compare teaching to the business world. |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Um. Charter schools ARE public schools. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yes, I know that. Private schools are another matter altogether. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. End charter schools. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Some people would like to use |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. it really says something when teachers have to spend their own money |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. But it's so much easier |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R! |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Amen, brother. |
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Lorax (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R! |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Amen! eom |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. 5 year old article. |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Exactly. Thanks for posting, noamnety. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. From the same article you cited, a bit further down the page: |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Still unwilling to address the more difficult issue |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. It's easy to address. Charter schools almost always have smaller class sizes |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I suspect there's more to it than that. :) |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. The pubs started all this with their "lets not just throw money at it" rhetoric |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
28. Now THAT's a good idea (n/t) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
29. it's such bullshit to claim that teachers don't make a living wage. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. True |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Maybe public school teachers do, but it depends on the district. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well said! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. You can't make schools better by throwing money at them |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yah - because well-paid idiots would teach sooooo much better than ill-paid idiots. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Uh-huh. Teachers are idiots, eh? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yup, for the larger part. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Even better... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. He's had some weird vendetta for some time. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hear, hear! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. Which requires a fundamental shift in the way we think and what we value. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Right on! nt |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. On the other hand... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. What you said |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
50. this is the real bottom line |
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