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Obama camp hits Romney over class size
The Washington Times ^ | May 25, 2012 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 05/27/2012 5:30:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Erik Latranyi

“Smaller class size = more unionized teachers = more campaign cash for Democrats”

If anything it will be easier to indoctrinate.


41 posted on 05/27/2012 7:31:52 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: rbg81

We had between 38 and 48 kids inour classes at the Catholic school I attended grades 1 thru 8. I remember 1 or 2 that failed a grade. But then, we had married parents that actually gave a damn.


42 posted on 05/27/2012 8:03:19 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: SatinDoll

When I attended Catholic school in the early-mid 60’s we actually had class rooms which included one full class and half of another, i.e 4th grade and half the 5th with the other half of the 5th in with the 6th graders. We were short on teachers and money so you made do. We all got out of there with a good basic education.


43 posted on 05/27/2012 8:18:16 AM PDT by redangus
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He was tested twice. Found negative for ADD/ADHD.


44 posted on 05/27/2012 8:24:49 AM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“So it’s not the classroom size that’s driving the success of those school systems.”

In California the teachers union demanded that class size have no more then (20) students pre class.
In Los Angeles alone the drop out rate is 65%,and the ones that finish school read at the ninth grade level.

Jay walkers


45 posted on 05/27/2012 8:25:51 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SatinDoll

Good.

If he’d remained, they probably would have tested him a 3rd time!


46 posted on 05/27/2012 8:45:43 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: wintertime

You miss the obvious. Those even in community college want to be there.


47 posted on 05/27/2012 8:50:33 AM PDT by newzjunkey (I advocate separation of school and sport)
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To: newzjunkey; KarlInOhio
You miss the obvious. Those even in community college want to be there.
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newsjunkey,

I think you are missing the obvious.

The desire to learn didn't just spring up like a pimple on the face over the 12 week summer break between high school graduation and matriculation in high school. These illiterates and innumerates wanted to learn while in high school.

The high school had, and has, children who **want** to learn but our government K-12 schools are failing miserably at the job. I suspect two reasons:

1) The government schools are allowing disruption.

And/or

2) The community college is using **effective** teaching methods and the high schools are not.

48 posted on 05/27/2012 11:25:21 AM PDT by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion center.)
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To: Tax-chick

Smaller class sizes correlate with more dues-paying members of teacher unions.


49 posted on 05/27/2012 11:26:46 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

It also correlates with a need for more classrooms, which allows the school board to allocate building contracts to their favored donors and/or useless brothers-in-law.


50 posted on 05/27/2012 1:03:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love you for your perspicacity.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I went to a Catholic school and we had 63 children in my class. When I got to a public high school the lessons were what I had already learned in 5th and 6th grade.

Small class size is nothing but teacher union bullshit.

51 posted on 05/27/2012 4:40:51 PM PDT by metalurgist ( Want your country back? It'll take guns and rope. Marxists won't give up peaceably.)
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