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Well if the republicans would stop stalling the government by
voting against EVERYTHING the executive wants to do, than we
could see change. of course you tea partiers wont be happy,
because those changes will be more social programs and higher
taxes on your "business" friends. I loved when Obama called
the reps bluff on the debt ceiling. Reps finally had to admit
it was the corporate interests that were going to be hurt.

On 10/08/14, to credit wrote:
>
> I agree wholeheartedly that Bush sold us out with NCLB.
> Thanks for keeping me honest. But, Obummer has had almost
> a decade in the White House to lead us as a nation. The
> schools are just government factories, beholden to Arne
> Duncan. Local control is non-existent and teachers are the
> sad recipients of every fad peddled by "consultants." I
> know our tax dollars are being wasted, but now they're
> being spent to buy coaches to breath down my neck and
> treat me like I'm low on the food chain, even though they
> couldn't teach their way out of a brown paper bag. When
> the Dems scream, "More money for education" I know it is
> going to be spent on more "chiefs" to push the teachers
> around. I think we have all had enough of that. The
> teacher orgs are pushing the very ticket that gets us to
> the place where most teachers would rather be a greeter at
> Walmart. We need someone in power who is one our side, and
> it sure ain't the current administration.
>
> On 10/08/14, Credit to the former... wrote:
>> On 10/06/14, I know what you mean wrote:
>>> This is what the new progressive government schools look
>>> like. It is mass mediocrity. If you have creativity and
>>> innovative teaching, you are expected to give it away
>>> "for the good of all." It is socialism at its finest.
>>> Throw in the thought police roaming the halls called
>>> PLC's and you have the real picture. You're not supposed
>>> to achieve excellence. You, the individual, don't have
>>> any rights, not even to your own talent. I didn't vote
>>> for Obummer and his head smurf, Arne Duncan. But now, we
>>> are all stuck with the stench of socialism. The old form
>>> of competition that leads to greatness is dying.
>>>
>> George W. Bush -No Child Left Behind? Give "credit" where
>> "credit" is due...
>>>
>>> On 10/06/14, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>>> On 10/03/14, Frustrated wrote:
>>>>>>>>>..My problem is that I work with a team of
>>>>> teachers who pull my materials off my website and then
>>>>> use them as their own. I would be fine with it if they
>>>>> ever had anything to share, but they don't. I feel
>>>>> like I am doing all the work for them.
>>>>
>>>> Now you know why parents and students complain about
>>>> the "group project" and "group learning" crapola that
>>>> teachers love to push.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Please don't tell me to not post lessons because I do
>>>>> that for my students and I have no way to restrict
>>>>> teacher access when I do that.
>>>>
>>>> Sure you do. Password protect the documents online.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> They also copy my lesson plans off of Eduphoria (we
>>>>> are required by admin. to share these in our teams)
>>>>> and then lie about changing them up to make them their
>>>>> own. I've looked at them and they are exact copies.
>>>>
>>>> So, don't upload your best stuff there. Do the minimum.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I am new to this district and feel like I am being
>>>>> used.
>>>>
>>>> You are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any advice for me? I don't want to
>>>>> appear like a tattle tale with admin, yet I am getting
>>>>> very resentful. I've tried talking to them and things
>>>>> got tense.
>>>>
>>>> Things usually do get tense when dealing with slackers.
>>>> Don't let it bother you. You have 1st Amendment rights.
>>>> Use them.

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