Surprise! D.C. gets it wrong

The Washington Times ^ | 11-17-04 | Tom Knott

[JZelle]

Fix the schools. That appeal has become the self-serving mantra of the anti-ballpark brigade in the city. The purpose is to disarm those who embrace the vision of a publicly funded ballpark along the Anacostia River waterfront in Southeast. It is an intellectually dishonest course, for the broken-down D.C. public school system remains impervious to

[JZelle]

Well written diatribe on dysfunctional city.

[rellimpank]

---and mostly, in spite of a few more Republicans, the same could be said of the Senate---

[af_vet_rr]

People shouldn't criticize the D.C. school system - after all, that publicly funded ballpark is going to need people to man the hot dog stands or tell you where to park, and the D.C. schools are turning out plenty of potential candidates to fill those positions.

;-)

[leadpenny]

Yes, I read the column earlier today from my home edition. Knott says the DC Schools can still produce some good "car jockeys."

[Sthitch]

The DC Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is one of the strongest teachers unions in the country. That is the problem. The AFT only cares about enriching the AFT so that they can spend lavishly on themselves (just ask the former DC AFT President she is bunking next to Martha). In the case of DC the teachers are the problem, not the solution.

[Rummyfan]

Fix the DC schools? They may as well require peace between the Pallies and the Israelis too!

[Jaysun]

The D.C. public school system gets more money per student than any of the 50 states.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The DC school system is so bad that it would probably raise the overall academic and social achievement level of the students if they shut down all the schools, built a bunch of ballparks, and just told the kids to hang out at the ballparks all day.