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ProSense

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14. Well,

Reply to daleanime (Reply #10)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:55 PM

Feb 2013

Considering how its worked so far...

getting corps more involved in running our nation is just another knife in the back of the workers.

...I can tell you, the HS I cited produced graduates who, even in the 1970s, were able to get high-wage jobs right out of HS. Many of them were doing better than their peers who chose the college route.

Given what college costs are and the fact that higher education is being taken over by corporations, I see the Brooklyn Tech model as a great alternative. Much better than high school grads and college students being forced to work at Wal-Mart.

So you can rant about stabbing workers in the back, but I don't see better skilled HS graduates who can command higher wages as something to oppose.

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And the ongoing assault on public education will continue. [View all] MadHound Feb 2013 OP

I think WE know what's wrong.... Pholus Feb 2013 #1

And the move is indeed to make profit off of public education, MadHound Feb 2013 #2

Yup this. Corporate profits have invaded every aspect of public discourse. Initech Feb 2013 #17

Yes. LWolf Feb 2013 #3

kick n/t MadHound Feb 2013 #4

The distinction between fact regurgitation and education has been blurred. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #5

Recommend... KoKo Feb 2013 #6

You know, I don't think ProSense Feb 2013 #7

This is what I am referring to, MadHound Feb 2013 #9

That is ProSense Feb 2013 #11

No, that was not referring to apprenticeships, MadHound Feb 2013 #15

High schools ProSense Feb 2013 #19

So you want to revert our education policy to the eighteenth century when apprenticeships flourished MadHound Feb 2013 #21

money in, money out liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #22

and unfortunately, corporate involvement in public schools is usually far more short-sighted yurbud Feb 2013 #27

Considering how its worked so far.... daleanime Feb 2013 #10

Well, ProSense Feb 2013 #14

So if you have money you can have a voice in this nation..... daleanime Feb 2013 #23

What the hell are you talking about? ProSense Feb 2013 #24

? n/t MadHound Feb 2013 #25

K&R midnight Feb 2013 #8

Applying a corporate model to the public education system, octoberlib Feb 2013 #12

Tea Party loons starting to affect bond issues Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #13

parents will drive the change liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #16

Exactly. He is calling for more of the same, expanding to high schools. Testing, more testing. madfloridian Feb 2013 #18

the "solution" doesn't have to be effective as long as the right palms are greased yurbud Feb 2013 #20

kick liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #26

This may actually help Unionism. People taking trade courses could lead to union resurgence. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #28

the people funding this Race to the Top will not allow that to happen liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #30

not when corporations run the trade schools, it won't. the us used to have a wonderful network HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32

How do you create workers who can think outside the box after 12 years of nothing but filling it in? yurbud Feb 2013 #29

kr. obama's discussion of rttt in sotu was laughable pr-talk. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #31