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I don't think anyone is out to "burn educators at the stake" it takes allot to be a educator and I have total respect for those who take their careers seriously. However, there are a number of "educators" that should look for another career path, they should be fired for poor performance but the union will not allow it. When we start putting careers of educators before the education of our children we can see the results, uneducated kids graduating from high school. Then we have a federal government that thinks the soultion is to throw money at the problem, they completely miss the mark. Poor educators equals poor education, fix the teachers, get the family involved in the education of the children again and you'll fix the problem.
+1...Only the brainwashed, the ultra greedy business person, and the fundamentalist Christian are in line with the modern GOP. They need to
sit down and rethink some of their platform because right now they are a cluster ****...
I agree...education is a states rights issue, not a federal issue.
+1...it is a societal issue, not a format or system issue, although I must state that I am not a fan of no child left behind. We shouldn't accomodate to the lowest common denominator...
It is NOT a societal issue. We have gone from traditional academic education to "let the kid discover all this himself".
How far in Math do you think you'd get if you can't figure out 5x5 ?
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Yes, because the track record of spending has been such a rousing success. After spending more on education than the Iraq war, the test scores in America have gone down. Way to go Liberal Sucktards, you are definitely the champions of stupidity!!
This is what happens when you remove the burden of learning from the parents and put it solely on the teacher which is what our massive spending on education has essentially done. Holding kids to a higher standard and getting the federal government OUT of education will be the best answer. But sadly, no, the Democrats in their infinite widsom will continue to want to throw more more money at the problem rather than addressing the issues directly.
So what's your plan?
Or are you too busy coming up with asinine sobriquets like 'Sucktards' to actually have anything constructive to offer?
The OP's remarks are not about teachers unions, the Department of Education, or anything of that ilk. It's about conservatives, like Santorum, being anti-education because supposedly the "Father of Lies" works through the "pride of smart people."
In a defiant raspberry to the city Department of Education — and taxpayers — disgraced teacher Alan Rosenfeld, 66, won’t retire.
Deemed a danger to kids, the typing teacher with a $10 million real estate portfolio hasn’t been allowed in a classroom for more than a decade, but still collects $100,049 a year in city salary — plus health benefits, a growing pension nest egg, vacation and sick pay.
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo can call for better teacher evaluations until they’re blue-faced, but Rosenfeld and six peers with similar gigs costing about $650,000 a year in total salaries are untouchable. Under a system shackled by protections for tenured teachers, they can’t be fired, the DOE says.
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