[blam]

Unions don't make improvements...they cheat.

I thought we already knew that.

[Da Coyote]

The interesting part of this story will be in the numbers of how many of these teachers, principals, or superintendents get fired.

My guess: zip, nada, none.

So why discuss it?

Public schools?

Bwahahahahahahahah!

[MissEdie]

Does anyone here know if the new Superintendent of the schools in Sumter, SC (new home of the 3rd Army) was from one of these schools, or involved in this mess? All I know about him is he is from the Atlanta school system and he brought two administrators with him.

[sport]

Tht would be the blind leading the blind, wouldn’t it?

[camerongood210]

Check out the documentary Waiting for Superman. You will be shocked what goes on in public schools these days, especially inner-city schools.

[chuckee]

One of the teacher’s unions chiefs said the reason for the cheating was that standardized testing required by No Child Left Behind put undue pressure on teachers to teach to the test rather than “educate” the children.This pressure caused them to cheat. Therefore it is understandable why they cheated and standardized testing should be eliminated.
This is analagous to a burglar who steals ugly furniture from a home blaming his crime on the ugly furniture.The union official would argue if you want to eliminate the crime, do not buy ugly furniture.

[Sherman Logan]

The book Freakonomics covered this issue in some detail.

When you create massive negative consequences for people if they fail a test, cheating is extremely likely. It’s so much easier than bringing scores up by teaching kids more effectively.

[Roninf5-1]

If the schools did not cheat it would prove that their “students” are ineducable morons and that, as we all know, would be racist.

[RexBeach]

“Well, those are my principles...if you don’t like them, I have others.”

-Groucho Marx

[kenmcg]

Must be the Amish at it again.

[Clintonfatigued]

I can’t say that I’m surprised.

[metmom]

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