Have Republicans mortally wounded the Teaching Profession in this country?

[Trajan]

Look at these right wingers. It doesn't matter the subject, their answer is the same on every one.

Tear it down.

Get rid of it.

Don't fund it.

It's awful.

And sometimes, a very few times, they say "fix it".

And how do they propose to "fix it"???? They don't. GO BACK to the good old days is not a "fix" or a solution. It's a delusion.

And this "get government out of the way"? It's worse than retarded.

We know we have nearly 4 million jobs just sitting and waiting for someone with some skills. These right wingers say, "Let business do it". And the solution of business? Move the jobs overseas.

And after the jobs are gone, these right wingers say "See? Education failed". No it didn't. They did. In fact, they did both. They failed at helping the country and suceeded in causing even more damage.

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

 

[rdean]

Look at these right wingers. It doesn't matter the subject, their answer is the same on every one.

Tear it down.

Get rid of it.

Don't fund it.

It's awful.

And sometimes, a very few times, they say "fix it".

And how do they propose to "fix it"???? They don't. GO BACK to the good old days is not a "fix" or a solution. It's a delusion.

And this "get government out of the way"? It's worse than retarded.

We know we have nearly 4 million jobs just sitting and waiting for someone with some skills. These right wingers say, "Let business do it". And the solution of business? Move the jobs overseas.

And after the jobs are gone, these right wingers say "See? Education failed". No it didn't. They did. In fact, they did both. They failed at helping the country and suceeded in causing even more damage.

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

Hilarious. Try looking up all the good "No Child Left Behind" did

and

then

come back

and explain

to us

what an "unfunded mandate" is. Hint: It's NOT two guys going for a walk in the park.

and

then

come back and explain how that relates to "No Child Left Behind".

 

[rdean]

Look at these right wingers. It doesn't matter the subject, their answer is the same on every one.

Tear it down.

Get rid of it.

Don't fund it.

It's awful.

And sometimes, a very few times, they say "fix it".

And how do they propose to "fix it"???? They don't. GO BACK to the good old days is not a "fix" or a solution. It's a delusion.

And this "get government out of the way"? It's worse than retarded.

We know we have nearly 4 million jobs just sitting and waiting for someone with some skills. These right wingers say, "Let business do it". And the solution of business? Move the jobs overseas.

And after the jobs are gone, these right wingers say "See? Education failed". No it didn't. They did. In fact, they did both. They failed at helping the country and suceeded in causing even more damage.

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

Hilarious. Try looking up all the good "No Child Left Behind" did

and

then

come back

and explain

to us

what an "unfunded mandate" is. Hint: It's NOT two guys going for a walk in the park.

and

then

come back and explain how that relates to "No Child Left Behind".

We're waiting.

 

[rdean]

Guess we'll have to keep waiting. Some people just don't want to learn anything.

Why on earth would a Republican congress fund a children's program AFTER the children are born? Anything else wouldn't be "typical".

 

[bripat9643]

Republicans didn't destroy the teaching profession. Teachers did. They've made the profession a laughing stock.

 

[bripat9643]

Guess we'll have to keep waiting. Some people just don't want to learn anything.

Why on earth would a Republican congress fund a children's program AFTER the children are born? Anything else wouldn't be "typical".

Funding "children's programs" isn't a legitimate function of the federal government.

 

[squeeze berry]

Your are wrong again rdean.
It's not that teachers are overpaid. It's that their pension payout is not able to be sustained. The Union demanded too much pay and the pension fund was not paid for.
We are teaching them how to learn ( like parrots) and not how to think. We need to go back to teaching our children how to think.
Santorum never said education was for snobs.
He called President Obama a snob.
What he really said-
“Not all folks are gifted in the same way,” Santorum told a crowd of more than a thousand activists at the Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Mich. “Some people have incredible gifts with their hands. . . . President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob.”
Some are not college material and do much better going to technical schools not colleges.

Just like the left keep saying that Sarah Palin said you can see Russia from my house. It was said by Tina Fey in a SNL skit. Sarah Palin never said it. Sarah did say you can see Russia from an Island in Alaska. Which is true.

which union?

Which Union?
Are we talking about teachers or not?
The Teachers Union jeez

the all powerful teachers union that makes all those stupid policies that make no sense ?

c'mon

you only know what you are told by someone with an agenda

 

[squeeze berry]

Look at these right wingers. It doesn't matter the subject, their answer is the same on every one.

Tear it down.

Get rid of it.

Don't fund it.

It's awful.

And sometimes, a very few times, they say "fix it".

And how do they propose to "fix it"???? They don't. GO BACK to the good old days is not a "fix" or a solution. It's a delusion.

And this "get government out of the way"? It's worse than retarded.

We know we have nearly 4 million jobs just sitting and waiting for someone with some skills. These right wingers say, "Let business do it". And the solution of business? Move the jobs overseas.

And after the jobs are gone, these right wingers say "See? Education failed". No it didn't. They did. In fact, they did both. They failed at helping the country and suceeded in causing even more damage.

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

yes

a bi-partisan train wreck.

all students are categorized

white
black
nat am
hispanic
asian
free/reduced lunch
special ed


any student can fit int more than one category.

if a mufti-category student fails an end of year test,the school takes a hit in all categories of that student.


high stakes all around with the teachers getting the blame and not the lack of realism by the politicians

 

[squeeze berry]

education is being hurt by those that tinker with it that have no idea what they are doing

 

[editec]

If teachers unions are a laughing stock how come the GOP isn't laughing?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Look at these right wingers. It doesn't matter the subject, their answer is the same on every one.

Tear it down.

Get rid of it.

Don't fund it.

It's awful.

And sometimes, a very few times, they say "fix it".

And how do they propose to "fix it"???? They don't. GO BACK to the good old days is not a "fix" or a solution. It's a delusion.

And this "get government out of the way"? It's worse than retarded.

We know we have nearly 4 million jobs just sitting and waiting for someone with some skills. These right wingers say, "Let business do it". And the solution of business? Move the jobs overseas.

And after the jobs are gone, these right wingers say "See? Education failed". No it didn't. They did. In fact, they did both. They failed at helping the country and suceeded in causing even more damage.

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

Hilarious. Try looking up all the good "No Child Left Behind" did

and

then

come back

and explain

to us

what an "unfunded mandate" is. Hint: It's NOT two guys going for a walk in the park.

and

then

come back and explain how that relates to "No Child Left Behind".

Facts don't matter to Dean.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations but Dean is so insane that he instantly associates problems with his demon Republicans

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If "Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations" why aren't more Republicans going into teaching to change that?

If teaching is so easy with 1..no, 2...no, 3...no, 4 months vacation why aren't more Republicans going into teaching?

Sorry, Pete, what's your point?

Dems own the teaching profession

 

[squeeze berry]

Republicans didn't destroy the teaching profession. Teachers did. They've made the profession a laughing stock.

how so?

 

[squeeze berry]

Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations but Dean is so insane that he instantly associates problems with his demon Republicans

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If "Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations" why aren't more Republicans going into teaching to change that?

If teaching is so easy with 1..no, 2...no, 3...no, 4 months vacation why aren't more Republicans going into teaching?

Sorry, Pete, what's your point?

Dems own the teaching profession

education is an area that is very trendy.

there are ideas that are the latest trend

Gardner
achievement gap
discipline gap
NCLB

soon NCLB will be a thing of the past to be replaced by the latest trend

We teachers try to work around the trends and just do our jobs

 

[Skull Pilot]

The Dept of Education and Teachers' Unions have permanently damaged education in this country.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Eliminate the department of education and outlaw the uft

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[rdean]

Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles

For nearly five decades, Ted Kennedy was a pioneering force in the Senate. In honor of the Democrat's passing, TIME looks back at his political legacy

One of this generation's most sweeping education reform laws may not have been passed without Sen. Kennedy's strong support. Kennedy worked closely with President George W. Bush to advance the No Child Left Behind Act, one of Bush's earliest accomplishments and, critics say, his last meaningful attempt at bipartisanship. Their unlikely alliance on the measure led Bush to jokingly reference "my friend Ted Kennedy" in his 2002 State of the Union speech, delivered weeks after the law was passed. Though praised by reform advocates for boosting accountability from schools, the law became anathema to many teachers and parents, who opposed its heavy reliance on standardized testing. Democrats eventually rued Kennedy's support; Bill Clinton called it a "train wreck" and, in a 2008 editorial, Kennedy himself acknowledged its "results are mixed." Far more popular was Kennedy's support for expanding the Head Start school readiness program for low-income children.

Read more: No Child Left Behind - Kennedy's Top 10 Legislative Battles - TIME #ixzz2SeYbze00

Hilarious. Try looking up all the good "No Child Left Behind" did

and

then

come back

and explain

to us

what an "unfunded mandate" is. Hint: It's NOT two guys going for a walk in the park.

and

then

come back and explain how that relates to "No Child Left Behind".

Facts don't matter to Dean.

Sure they do. Which is why you don't. You have no facts. Never did. Never will.

 

[rdean]

Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations but Dean is so insane that he instantly associates problems with his demon Republicans

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

If "Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations" why aren't more Republicans going into teaching to change that?

If teaching is so easy with 1..no, 2...no, 3...no, 4 months vacation why aren't more Republicans going into teaching?

Sorry, Pete, what's your point?

Dems own the teaching profession

Which is why Blue States have the most manufacturing. The best centers of higher learning. Fewer Bible Colleges. Repubicans think education is for snobs and think science is a faith. Which is why things have worked out they way they did.

 

[chikenwing]

If "Dems have had a stranglehold on the teaching profession for three generations" why aren't more Republicans going into teaching to change that?

If teaching is so easy with 1..no, 2...no, 3...no, 4 months vacation why aren't more Republicans going into teaching?

Sorry, Pete, what's your point?

Dems own the teaching profession

Which is why Blue States have the most manufacturing. The best centers of higher learning. Fewer Bible Colleges. Repubicans think education is for snobs and think science is a faith. Which is why things have worked out they way they did.

The sad part is this clown really believes the crap it spews.

 

[rdean]

Sorry, Pete, what's your point?

Dems own the teaching profession

Which is why Blue States have the most manufacturing. The best centers of higher learning. Fewer Bible Colleges. Repubicans think education is for snobs and think science is a faith. Which is why things have worked out they way they did.

The sad part is this clown really believes the crap it spews.

Why not? It's true. Prove me wrong. Oh, you won't even try. Why? Because you can't. Pathetic.