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duffyduff

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32. I don't care about Scandinavia, which is far smaller in population and not diverse

Reply to Mattias (Reply #30)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 03:20 PM

Feb 2013

Any arguments promoting this line as a way for our schools in the US to follow are not valid.

Not to mention the fact you do not understand what is going on in this country. This has NOTHING to do with education or kids--this is just another avenue in the onslaught to stripping the public good for private profit.

It's coming your way in Europe, too.

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Michelle Rhee: My Break With the Democrats [View all] n2doc Feb 2013 OP

She was on John Stewart yesterday. It is worth watching as John Stewart called her on her lies Mass Feb 2013 #1

Its her break with sanity thats most worrying DJ13 Feb 2013 #2

I honestly don't care what party she belongs to proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #3

So a disagreement on a couple issues means she's no longer a Democrat? FBaggins Feb 2013 #4

She wrote the article about breaking with Democrats. madfloridian Feb 2013 #5

Yes... but NOT an article about leaving the party. FBaggins Feb 2013 #6

Actually she fits right in with the Dem party on education reform. madfloridian Feb 2013 #11

You're exactly right. FBaggins Feb 2013 #12

Democrats flee StudentsFirst, cite conservative policy stance HiPointDem Feb 2013 #13

I didn't know Friess did the intro to "Obsession" Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #14

they already are associated; koch = donor HiPointDem Feb 2013 #16

Thank you! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #17

"Rhee says she is no longer a democrat" FBaggins Feb 2013 #15

she wrote an article called 'my break with the democrats' and she openly consorts with kochs and HiPointDem Feb 2013 #19

No. She didn't. FBaggins Feb 2013 #21

That one does. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #23

Sorry... it really doesn't. FBaggins Feb 2013 #24

Education deform is a policy developed in republican think tanks and pushed by both parties, in HiPointDem Feb 2013 #27

If it's "pushed by both parties"... FBaggins Feb 2013 #29

the dividing line is vouchers and consorting with republican funders like koch and republican HiPointDem Feb 2013 #33

Go to hell Ms Rhee mwrguy Feb 2013 #7

Rhee is nothing more than a grifter Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #8

She addresses the wrong issues. reteachinwi Feb 2013 #9

The Good School Bad School distillation process Bok_Tukalo Feb 2013 #10

Her statement about sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #18

i though stewart's interview was weak as well. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #20

Yes. sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #22

In the early Mattias Feb 2013 #25

yes, i think a lot of people don't know that sweden was an early adopter of the charter school HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28

As the Mattias Feb 2013 #30

I don't care about Scandinavia, which is far smaller in population and not diverse duffyduff Feb 2013 #32

Sweden v. US = Apples and Oranges. Not valid in US. duffyduff Feb 2013 #31

Her break with reality! longship Feb 2013 #26