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1 posted on 01/22/2013 11:21:51 PM PST by Kaslin
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Despite his war on vouchers that benefit the Black community, the jackass still enjoys a virtually pure Black vote.


2 posted on 01/22/2013 11:24:45 PM PST by Gene Eric
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To: Kaslin; Gene Eric

The important word in this sham “Race to the Top” is “Race.”


4 posted on 01/23/2013 4:44:24 AM PST by livius
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To: Kaslin

Bookmark


5 posted on 01/23/2013 4:44:33 AM PST by VTenigma
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To: SoftballMominVA

We’ve discussed this nonsense before, haven’t we?


6 posted on 01/23/2013 5:13:02 AM PST by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Kaslin
Moreover, there are organizations that have reasons to work for lower and less-demanding standards, specifically teachers unions and professional teacher organizations.

The NEA and the AFT have destroyed el-hi public education in this country. They exist for the benefit of the teachers and the students be damned.

7 posted on 01/23/2013 5:32:18 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Kaslin

Reminds me of Richard Feynman’s experience when he was appointed to a California textbook review committee. He wrote a chapter about it in SURELY YOU’RE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN.

Feynman wrote about how he would get so angry when reading the books. “The reason was that the books were so lousy. They were false. They were hurried. They would try to be rigorous, but they would use examples (like automobiles in the street for “sets”) which were almost OK, but in which there were always some subtleties. The definitions weren’t accurate. Everything was a little bit ambiguous — they weren’t smart enough to understand what was meant by “rigor.” They were faking it. They were teaching something they didn’t understand, and which was, in fact, useless, at that time, for the child.”

After Feynman plowed through various books he would go to committee meetings to evaluate and rate the books. Feynman found out that sometimes he was the only one who read the books. In fact a blank book had gotten a high rating by a number of committee members.


12 posted on 01/23/2013 10:37:27 AM PST by Colinsky
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