Excellent Idea, Arne

[Billy_Kinetta]

Empty the public schools. Since education is required by law, more parents can set up homeschools, cooperatives, or opt for private schools (parents won't pull their kids out, they're paying for it), quickly breaking the back of the public system's indoctrination monopoly.

The better teachers will migrate out, the useless ones will lose a job they don't deserve in any case.

Win-win.

You will never get what you want in terms of gun control, however.

Obama’s education secretary: Let’s boycott school until gun laws change

 

[Disir]

Arne Duncan is all about privatization of the education system......

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Arne Duncan is all about privatization of the education system......

Eh?

 

[eflatminor]

Something amiss in the government monopoly over affordable education?

Color me shocked...

 

[Disir]

Arne Duncan is all about privatization of the education system......

Eh?

Yep.
Arne Duncan’s Privatization Agenda

Obama's Betrayal of Public Education? Arne Duncan and the Corporate Model of Schooling

The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind

Privatization, Charters & High-Stakes Tests: Arne Duncan's Education Legacy | naked capitalism

And his replacement was all about the same.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Funny how schools were better before there was a Dept of Education.

They used to be local/state run.

What happened was the Fed got the states hooked on their big block grants, then the policy changes started a-comin'.

 

[eflatminor]

Funny how schools were better before there was a Dept of Education.

They used to be local/state run.

What happened was the Fed got the states hooked on their big block grants, then the policy changes started a-comin'.

Yep, an unholy alliance of power hungry bureaucrats resulting in our spending more per student than just about any other country while producing increasingly shitty results.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Government workers should not be allowed to have unions.

 

[Disir]

Government workers should not be allowed to have unions.

They should--otherwise the teachers are left with a bunch of gossiping biddies that are up in arms over rumors, little Timmy not passing his class or whatever the hell and are fired. Teachers don't have time for that nonsense.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Government workers should not be allowed to have unions.

They should--otherwise the teachers are left with a bunch of gossiping biddies that are up in arms over rumors, little Timmy not passing his class or whatever the hell and are fired. Teachers don't have time for that nonsense.

We're gonna have to agree to disagree on that.

 

[petro]

We have goofy Gov. Dayton in MN, who just vetoed the republican spending bill, with children chanting "veto" behind him.
Wanted 130 million for education despite the fact that bill would have increased spending for education.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...BhAB&usg=AOvVaw3Vw46EbPx-P7QzPlHz21WG&ampcf=1
In our local district a referendum was finally passed after 3 attempts to gain 90 million for a single rural district. Election held mid summer to keep voting participation down on purpose as referendum was unpopular.
Why unpopular?
District wanted a bunch of frills in the form of a sports complex for the high school.
Passed by 1% margin due to low voter turnout.
Many are tired of throwing money at a failed system, yet can't stop the constant local referendums and the shills that claim you are "hurting the children" if you question the expenditures of the local administrations.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Arne Duncan is all about privatization of the education system......

Eh?

Yep.
Arne Duncan’s Privatization Agenda

Obama's Betrayal of Public Education? Arne Duncan and the Corporate Model of Schooling

The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind

Privatization, Charters & High-Stakes Tests: Arne Duncan's Education Legacy | naked capitalism

And his replacement was all about the same.

Charter and contract schools are "private" in terms of management, but receive government funding, and are therefore under government control.

 

[BluesLegend]

Government workers should not be allowed to have unions.

Not because unions are corrupt or because public employees are corrupt...its because politicians are corrupt. Politicians raise taxes, corrupt the public employee unions by saying hey give me money, vote for me, and I'll give you this taxpayer money, pie in the sky benefits and pensions.

 

[Disir]

Arne Duncan is all about privatization of the education system......

Eh?

Yep.
Arne Duncan’s Privatization Agenda

Obama's Betrayal of Public Education? Arne Duncan and the Corporate Model of Schooling

The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind

Privatization, Charters & High-Stakes Tests: Arne Duncan's Education Legacy | naked capitalism

And his replacement was all about the same.

Charter and contract schools are "private" in terms of management, but receive government funding, and are therefore under government control.

No, the big fight is that those schools are held to the same standards as public schools. They are not.