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sabrina 1

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38. Yes, the goal is to create a nation of sheep who are not educated, but respond to orders like
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 03:00 PM
Nov 2013

robots, to crush independent thinking, which is what constant testing does. I do not believe this was just ignorance of how children learn, I believe it was deliberate in order to create a cheap labor force that doesn't' question, right here in the US where his Corporate buddies can profit and not have to go to third world countries in order to do so.

Undoing the harm done to the educational system by these criminals is going to take a long time and the sooner the effort begins the better.

Btw, I wonder if Arne subjected his own children to the same testing those 'white suburban moms' he is talking about, were forced into? Somehow I doubt it.

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A feature, not a bug. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #1
...... madfloridian Nov 2013 #2
I thought charter schools were created to make fraud easier. nt valerief Nov 2013 #3
Charter schools were created as an effort to defund URBAN public schools! TheDebbieDee Nov 2013 #16
Takng public funds and not delivering the goods sounds like fraud to me, legal or not. nt valerief Nov 2013 #31
Oversight? All they are after is breaking the unions - TBF Nov 2013 #4
Training for the global marketplace...Arne's words madfloridian Nov 2013 #5
Right ... slave labor world wide TBF Nov 2013 #7
Agreed. It is a way to break the Unions. And if a state has no Unions, like Texas, the parents are DhhD Nov 2013 #11
Yes, the goal is to create a nation of sheep who are not educated, but respond to orders like sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #38
I am not sure the harm done now can be undone. madfloridian Nov 2013 #40
Perhaps, but as more and more parents see what is happening to their children sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #41
Kick and rec! Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #6
...... madfloridian Nov 2013 #17
De nada. My friend. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #22
privatization means no oversight. that's the point Doctor_J Nov 2013 #8
Agreed. madfloridian Nov 2013 #18
Only the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully, people will wake up. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #9
Hope so also. But no one seems to be paying attention. madfloridian Nov 2013 #13
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ... nikto Nov 2013 #10
This... nikto Nov 2013 #12
Getting rid of in-depth education.... madfloridian Nov 2013 #14
This is how you offset the changing demographics, increase ignorance and neuter thinking skills. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #26
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. We need facts and info to counter this insanity. okaawhatever Nov 2013 #15
FL bad also. Senate prez said that public school teachers won't be treated same... madfloridian Nov 2013 #19
We just lost that battle here in WA. For the first time our state will begin allowing charters. liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #20
The charter school groups and ed reformers run great PR campaigns. madfloridian Nov 2013 #21
Hear! Hear! truedelphi Nov 2013 #36
Who cares.... bobGandolf Nov 2013 #23
Right. The test scores now outweigh teacher judgement, grade books, classroom tests. madfloridian Nov 2013 #27
du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #24
k&r Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #25
The whole charter school movement.. sendero Nov 2013 #28
Yes, getting public money turned over to the private sector. madfloridian Nov 2013 #32
They got healthcare, they want education. Doctor_J Nov 2013 #35
Exactly right, sendero nikto Dec 2013 #43
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #29
.... madfloridian Nov 2013 #30
Charter schools imo, are just like government contracting out to make a precious few filthy indepat Nov 2013 #33
Their 'reform' movement sure seems to attract more than its fair share of Mc Mike Nov 2013 #34
kick back to top Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #37
Recommend jsr Nov 2013 #39
We can have state-run vital services, which are designed to DirkGently Nov 2013 #42
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