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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:58 PM Original message |
When I listen to Geoffrey Canada I don't hear someone who wants to bleed public schools for profits. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unrec for not paying attention |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. For 'not paying attention'? Or for not being intimidated by the |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Teachers are far from perfect |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. But teacher's unions definitely are part of the problem. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Does typing it on the internet make it true? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. "Unions' role in reform, teacher training and policy." Why aren't there threads on these issues? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Oh bullshit |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Didn't find any threads, then? n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I'm going to let you do that |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Don't you just love how she wants you to do her research for her? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Actually, I looked--I just couldn't find anything but complaints about the reforms of others. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. As I tell my students, look harder |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
93. Okay--but posters here are not your students. We are other adults who vote and pay taxes. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. And I've noticed that the anti-education crowd is lazy. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
112. Perhaps--but you are an educator, right? If I'm missing those threads, then |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #93 |
110. And I've noticed that we've had discussions on these topics going back years |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #93 |
126. "Just shut up and sit down because you don't know enough!" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Deleted message |
msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
80. It's called 'inter-disciplinary research' :-) |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
144. Not every teachers' union in every city or state, but occasionally a few pose impediments to reform. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
119. Don't you think high teacher turnover in poverty-area schools is part of the school effectiveness |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Union-Busters Are What They Are, Sir.... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It's not about busting the unions...it's about doing what is needed to educate kids. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, Sir: It Is About Breaking The Unions |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Arne Duncan talked glowingly about one of the unions he is working with. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Duncan, Sir, Was Our Worst Superintendent Since Willis |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
87. Obama/Duncan are pushing a "Charter schools" agenda which is PRIVATIZATION.... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Sorry, you don't. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Actually that was two experiences...one where they negotiated for non instructional days |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't have enough information on either of the two situations... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Exactly why innovation will never be able to take place. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. On What Ground, Sir, Do You Imagine Innovation Will Constitute Improvement? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. When the rest of the world puts more hours into schooling and we are unable to because of every |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Cute,But No Cigar, Sir |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Nice talking point but not true |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
84. Norway. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
123. euope's teachers are unionized, so are japan's. your talking points = shit. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Do you even know when teachers have time to innovate? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Deleted message |
proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. You didn't get any breaks? Lunch? Planning time? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I ate lunch with my kids. On breaks, I peed.*** Planning time, I spent on the kids, too. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. So why did you quit? |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Was it voluntary? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I went to law school. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I went to law school. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. I don't have to do mounds of work at home but I'm a good teacher so |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. I rarely took stuff home. If I had to stay late, or work a weekend at term/finals, |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. I'm at school from 6am-4pm |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. Actually, I disagree with you about class-size bargaining. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
120. Lots of after school programs provide transportation |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Have you ever heard of time zones? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
92. And YOU are monitoring teachers here who post regularly .... ??? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Deleted message |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #103 |
117. A bit of a .... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
132. has anyone noticed how some posters *always* go to the personal? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
145. If you're counting me in that... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
81. But for two years when we are cutting 17 days out of instructional time? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #81 |
94. We need more school funding and a more realistic approach ... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. And kids learn better when furloughs are taken on instructional days vs non instructional days? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. The biggest part of every state budget is education |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Keep in mind that evidently the Federal Schools budgets often contained CIA money.... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 02:35 AM Response to Reply #106 |
150. The point is that the rest of the workers can't take enough pay cuts to leave education untouched |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #97 |
114. Are you're saying YOU know what kids learn on "furloughs" from school . . . ?? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #114 |
151. I know what my nieces did...they had a long weekend. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. And now you want teachers to work on weekends? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #97 |
147. You are myopic. All you see is your one issue... |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
88. Nope, doesn't know a thing. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. The magistrate is correct; they are breaking the union |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Um, dude--you refused to buy a union CAR, because you didn't think |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Um, dude, that's bringing up another thread and injecting it into this one to slam my post |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. If you think I have violated a rule, then you know what to do. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. We can let the mods decide |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
127. Call the hall monitor. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
70. What do you care about unions? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Actually only teachers unions |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. We're Baaaaad to the Bone. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
116. Don't think anyone is complaining about anything being "union" or |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
85. It certainly is about "union busting" -- and the teacher's union is the largest |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I honestly believe it's about more than just busting unions |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ding Ding Ding Ding! Winner! nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Busting the unions is just the first step. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. and it's also about real estate |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
96. Excellent and interesting point .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
95. Teacher's Union is the largest union .... highest we ever had was 39% unionization in America... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
149. We have a winner! Exactly. nt |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
121. There are union charter schools in Chicago. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Union-Busters Are What They Are, Sir.... |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Lottery is really fair way to get a better education. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Sad isn't it? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. "roadblocks that are put up mostly by the teacher's union" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Geoffrey Canada was probably talking about his inability to get teachers to extend the schoolday by |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. And of course that struck me as malarky given |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
99. "Idleness is the beginning of all wisdom" --- |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, fuck them gay folks! THIS Is the civil rights fight. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Amen |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
102. Exactly!! -- and most of us thought that the right of LABOR to organize was a civil right---!!!??? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
134. Why can't both issues be a civil rights fight? nt |
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DeltaLitProf (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. So how do unions . . . |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. Unrec |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. Unrec. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. Unrec. A quality education for everyone is our goal. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Then achieve your goal! Because you are ignoring the poorer communities and denying them |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Don't mischaracterize what I posted. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. Education is civil rights -wealthy can choose where they live so they get good schools |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. It's not the schools these parents reject, it's the kids who attend these schools |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
107. Sounds more like a vote for re-segregating the schools ..... !!! |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. I agree with you. nt |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. You might like this article---- |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Great article! nt |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I think it captures the utter hypocrisy of the teacher's unions----crying "segregation" |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Teachers in those schools give their all every single day. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
62. "who doesn't do their jobs are parents," |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Where do you think we got that? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. In elementary school we have parents who can't manage to make their kids attend school |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. How can I get my kid on a schoolbus ? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. That's a keeper |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. I'll even add to this.. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
104. These actions aren't as sexy as raging against the big bad teacher unions |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #104 |
131. It's never easy to deal with the root causes of social ills. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
109. It is "Apartheid in Our Schools" -- |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. It's not a matter of being stupid or gullible.. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. +1 |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
128. So, it's about Black parents 'not realizing' what they are doing? |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Yes. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. Have you considered the possibility that "the poor" can make well-reasoned decisions that |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #138 |
152. Have you considered the possibility... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
139. Have you considered the possibility that "the poor" can make well-reasoned decisions that |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. Is that you, Arne? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
71. There are concerns about Canada's schools. Obama plans them around the country. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. They dropped plans to do that in my city |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Using taxpayer money for his dream. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. And here, where taxpayers haven't supported the schools for 40 years, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Amazing how they are doing it. Just pushing right ahead... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #101 |
111. We've had a 40 year and more attack on wages and communities .... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
125. You take a very patronizing attitude to those civil rights groups. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
82. Teacher's Union is the enemy ... ??? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
86. If these bloodsuckers were about education they would be pushing for the time-tested model |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
113. K&R for your post -- |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
89. What a steaming load. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
118. Funny, when I read your posts they're all right-wing talking points. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
142. yup, his pattern is BASH:soft sell RW:BASH:BASH BASH: soft sell. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
122. "the civil rights fight of our generation" -- gag. quoting the hedge funders, i see. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
124. No, you do not. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
130. I'm with him 100%... after seeing the huge disparities in public |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. lol. and high-stakes testing, destruction of unions, & charter schools run by private corps are the |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #133 |
141. It's funny to you because you probably don't personally |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. yeah, that's the ticket. because it's allll about *me*. not the fact that every school |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #130 |
135. There are a group of posters with an agenda. Unfortunely children in need are not the focus. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
136. Follow the money and you will |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
137. You are correct, and don't let the nay-sayers around here affect your pov. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
140. dupe |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
146. The teacher's union doesn't put up roadblocks to innovation. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. EXACTLY. Great post. n/t |
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