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Today you see the strong efforts to privatize education so public schools will become dead. They will lower standards to a GED OR HS DIPLOMA as fewer and fewer people will go into teaching from Universities. Jeb Bush had a program of Troops to Teachers...a college degree was not required. My sister says that Gov Perry has reduced standards to GED or HS in Texas Charter Schools. No teacher today should let their daughter or son major in Education anymore. They should be made to change their major with the new school year.
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anon Tell that to Gates and company. They are putting in CCSS, much of which is developmentally inappropriate for the particular grade level because they want to track kids as early as pre-school into poorly-paid employment and limit upward mobility by cutting off higher education to the masses ("higher education" is high school and above).

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Jul 28, 2013
PBX True and I agree.

Slavery was thrust upon this country since its beginnings until 1863 (officially). Now the powers that be are trying it again, except this time they are using a more methodical and slower approach. I'm sure you have thought of this notion that if the masses are placed in low paying (corporate) jobs, will these same worker...See More
Jul 28, 2013
anon Yes, Gates is. He's a robber baron. There are lots and lots of these now, and they are dictating education policy and have bought off our politicians, including and especially Barack Obama.

Gates and Broad are the puppetmasters of national education policy.

On 7/28/13, PBX wrote: > True and I agree. > > Slavery was thr...See More
Jul 28, 2013
Scooby Also remember that PRIVATIZING education takes financial burdens off the backs of states and municipalities that have to deal with unions, pensions, salaries, etc....Privatizing education puts all of those burdens on the corporations that run the schools. The only trouble is, the taxpayers' monies are spent without accountability, the corporations ...See More
Aug 7, 2013
Bill T (now retired) On 8/07/13, Scooby wrote: > Also remember that PRIVATIZING education takes financial burdens > off the backs of states and municipalities that have to deal with > unions, pensions, salaries, etc....Privatizing education puts all > of those burdens on the corporations that run the schools. The > only trouble is, the taxpayers' monies ...See More
Aug 10, 2013


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