Arne Duncan Teams With gingrich And Al Sharpton

[Dinger]

Sharpton I can deal with, but that pus gut gingrich?

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/08/al_sharpton_newt_gingrich_push.html

Here's a little gem:

"Gingrich applauded Obama for showing "real courage on the issue of charter schools." Obama wants to increase the number of charter schools, which have a controversial history and are a divisive issue for his party's base.

Charters get public tax dollars but operate free from local school board control and usually from union contracts, making them a target of criticism by many teachers' union members." Cute.

[billyoc]

1. He's a neoliberal privatizer's dream come true.

[Dinger]

2. Can't Stand Him. My Only Hope Is That He Leaves Before Obama's

term is up.

[LWolf]

6. Truth. nt

[madrchsod]

3. it`s the separate and unequal approach to education

i feel sorry for the next generation of america`s children that fail to meet arnie`s lofty goals.

[tonysam]

4. I Loathe the Guy,

but unfortunately the ideas he espouses are becoming the rule in public schools throughout the country.

In a way I am glad my district illegally sacked me. Public education is going down the drain. All by design, of course.

[madrchsod]

5. if we were raising kids today my wife and i would home school

we both have enough college credits.

i`m a firm believer in public education and learning to test is not education

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Gee does anyone wonder why they don't want the teachers to have union representation??

Bueller?

Anyone?

:rofl:

[Catshrink]

8. So they can pay us the same wage as a Wal-Mart greeter?

Fire us when a mouthy parent complains? Fire us when a whack-job principal decides he doesn't like the color of our shirt?

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. And make us buy our own supplies!

Since we all have dollar bills growing out of our ears.

[Catshrink]

9. Has Duncan, Newtie, or Sharpton ever taught in a K-12 public school?

No. Deafening silence. WTF do they know about it? Once one has taught in a K-12 public school and had the responsibility for that class's achievement and well-being, they have credibility. Until then, they're just talking out their butts.

Arne, Newtie, and Al: Go do the job before you try to tell me how to do mine.

[Progressivism]

11. My view of charter schools is that they are simply unnecessary.

The view that a school must be privately run gives us a an image from the other side of the spectrum, an image that our current system is too regulated, too inflexible,too bureaucratic, to be able to function in a way that create great results.