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Only 17% of 8th Graders Can Read at Grade Level Overseen by Obama Education Secretary-Designee
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| December 17 ,2008
| Matt Cover
Posted on 12/17/2008 7:26:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
How exciting. Obama is taking the lessons learned in Chicago and spreading them all over the country.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:27:43 AM PST
by
ladyjane
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
But,a 100% will become Democratic voters!
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:28:20 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
I heard this Education secretary appointee wants to start all homosexual high schools.
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Yeh, but they know their Spanish...
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:29:05 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Why worry??? I bet they are know how to put on & take off a condom properly!
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:30:26 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(Sometimes, I guess there's just not enough bags of popcorn.)
To: ladyjane
How close is Arne to Bill Ayers. All three live in Hyde Park area. How much clout did Ayers have to picking the Education Secretary.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:30:26 AM PST
by
LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
What? And here I thought the Chicago Public Schools were the pride of the nation! /sarcasm...
But OTOH, Duncan has a good jump shot!
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:30:52 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
This is exactly what the left wants. It wants our children not able to understand or read so they can be controlled like the sheep they will become.
That no one stopped the nationalization of edcuation in the US is what has lead the charge towards socialism.
I don’t think there are any more stops now.
And Bush is doing all he can to destroy whatever remains of a free-market we had.
George W. Bush Republican Socialist.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:31:49 AM PST
by
stockpirate
(Let's start by watering the tree of Liberty with the blood of tyrants. Sooner not later.)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
They all have wonderful self esteem and know how to put a condom on a banana.
To: ladyjane
I think they fudged the numbers - it’s hard to believe Chicago is doing that well...
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:31:59 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Gun Control-:- like trying to control stray dogs by neutering veterinarians.- G. Jonas)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Meanwhile, and I’ll pull this stat out of my lower extremities, 83% of homeschoolers are reading ABOVE grade level.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:32:50 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
To: Paine in the Neck
They all have wonderful self esteem and know how to put a condom on a banana. And they know about "global warming" and that our founding fathers were "flawed". That's about it for liberal teachers - when you get past PC, there's not much.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:33:53 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Gun Control-:- like trying to control stray dogs by neutering veterinarians.- G. Jonas)
To: LauraJean
I’m the wrong person to ask about that. However, considering that Ayers is a big-wig in the American Association of Educational Researchers and also ran millions of dollars through the Chicago school system, you have to know Bill and Arne are best buddies.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:34:02 AM PST
by
ladyjane
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Imagine what the percentage would be if he wasn’t offering cash and prizes?
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
The education establishment (not necessarily individual teachers) is designed to make children not learn. I've been around long enough, and I worked in the system enough to be absolutely convinced of this.
The education field gets more money and is considered a high priority only when they fail. If students cannot add, if students cannot read -- that's money in the bank, baby!
Public Schools are rewarded for turning out kids who cannot function. And I'm sure Arne Duncan is an expert in his field.
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Good plan. Keep the voters stupid and maybe they will keep voting for crooks.
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
But he’s got a good jump shot.
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives; All
Duncan has improved numbers in Chicago schools. That is true, and it is what Obama and others point to.
However, the improvement has been so slight, and in some schools, success has actually dropped.
It is hard to see why he is painted as some successful reformer, when the change has not been big.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:36:19 AM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
So what we have here is a failure taking over a failed experiment.
All I can say is - never experiment with your children.
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