Dem lawmakers flee from Wis. Capitol ahead of union vote (drugs, million)

[jojajn]

Above map=education spending per state

Below map=average ACT/SAT scores per state

[sanrene]

Above map=education spending per state

Looks like old data to me.

Originally Posted by Katiana

Such a simplisitc view of "red" above. 40% of the senators are Democrats.

The GOP gained BOTH chambers and the governorship in 2010 - yeah, RED.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by ringwise

So if this vote goes through and passes, your children's education will get worse? And if it fails, education will get better?

Face it - the quality of education is dismal in this country. The reason is being played out in WI. Teachers care MUCH more about their bottom line than their students.

And while you might be willing to sacrifice your children's education, I'm guessing the taxpayers that are footing the bill for the teachers aren't willing to sacrifice their hard earned money to pay teachers for this nonsense.

Get back in the classroom and teach. The voters have spoken. Thug tactics won't work. We won, you lost.

This is not a stupid political contest. This is about the education of the next generation of our country. The priority we place on our children today will determine the priority our children place on us elderly tomorrow.

"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."
PolitiFact | Randi Weingarten says students in strong union states perform better academically

You want an uneducated and neglected generation making decisions about your welfare one day when you are old?

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Looks like old data to me.

You didn't look then.

[florida.bob]

Originally Posted by jojajn

This is not a stupid political contest. This is about the education of the next generation of our country. The priority we place on our children today will determine the priority our children place on us elderly tomorrow.

"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."
PolitiFact | Randi Weingarten says students in strong union states perform better academically

You want an uneducated and neglected generation making decisions about your welfare one day when you are old?

You are missing the point, they don't want them over educated, it makes them harder to control.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by pollyrobin

The state that spends the most on education is California.
It is also the third dumbest


The dumbest states ranked academically in 2010 ARE:

1. Nevada
2. Arizona
3. California
4. Hawaii
5. Alaska
6. Georgia
7. Mississippi
8. Alabama
9. Louisiana
10. New Mexico

The smartest states ranked academically in 2010 ARE:
1. Vermont
2. Wisconsin
3. Massachusetts
4. Iowa
5. Connecticut
6. Montana
7. New Jersey
8. Nebraska
9. Minnesota
10. Virginia

Not accurate!


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The state of New York spends $13,703 a year per student, whereas California spends only $7,127 a year per student (according to 2004 data from the National Center for Education Statistics).

"There is a big difference between schools in California and schools in Long Island," she says. "I volunteered twice a week in the children's classrooms in California and when I was in there I was teaching children-pulling out the higher students and enriching them and pulling out the slower students and helping them. So I really was involved in teaching and that was the way the volunteering went. I participated in the classroom curriculum. In Long Island, there aren't parent volunteers in the classroom. There are teachers' aides and reading teachers coming in. So they supplement the classroom with professionals. I didn't see that in California.

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[florida.bob]

Originally Posted by jojajn

You didn't look then.

Of course that's old info, it's been a whole year.

[DowntownJerseyCity]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Randi Weingarten says students in strong union states perform better academically

LOL! You actually take what Randi Weingarten has to say seriously? LOL! REALLY?!

That's like having a heroin addict tell you that heroin is good for your health - and you believing them.

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Looks like old data to me.

BTW, it takes more than a few years to educate our children before they are able to be evaluated by the SAT/ACT test!

[florida.bob]

Originally Posted by jojajn

BTW, it takes more than a few years to educate our children before they are able to be evaluated by the SAT/ACT test!

Absolutely wrong! It only takes a couple of hours watching the "correct" TV network. And for the kids, well, they have the puppet show and blackboard guru to watch.