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Education

MichiganVote

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15. Yup. And people are blind to it. They think that because you call a thing

Reply to madfloridian (Reply #14)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:04 PM

Nov 2012

another name, or put it in another building, or give it a new way to be funded it is the same. It is NOT the same. Public education is a cornerstone of a democracy. And we are just permitting them's that want to, chip, chip, chip it all away.

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A call for President Obama to change course on education [View all] proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 OP

Education POL_POT Nov 2012 #1

get rid of Sidwell Friends school mrf901 Nov 2012 #2

Using McDonalds as a comparison is very apt. cprise Nov 2012 #3

too late, it is privatization full steam ahead, suck the $$ out the top and stiff the kids n staff n msongs Nov 2012 #4

Not the first call. LWolf Nov 2012 #5

Probably not. FBaggins Nov 2012 #6

Linda Darling-Hammond should be Ed Sec. elleng Nov 2012 #7

And should have been from the beginning. LWolf Nov 2012 #11

My only major disagreement with this administration, elleng Nov 2012 #12

Start with NCLB and RttT Modern School Nov 2012 #8

I hate the use of the word "reform" to describe what is being done. savebigbird Nov 2012 #9

The public education system is not being reformed. It is being dismantled. MichiganVote Nov 2012 #10

AMEN!!! savebigbird Nov 2012 #13

Exactly. madfloridian Nov 2012 #14

Yup. And people are blind to it. They think that because you call a thing MichiganVote Nov 2012 #15

Something that people aren't talking about... savebigbird Nov 2012 #16