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14. Not me, but thanks for lumping

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Sun Mar 2, 2014, 09:53 PM

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Video of Chicago teachers being treated like children in meeting. It's humiliating. [View all] madfloridian Mar 2014 OP

Wow. Bonobo Mar 2014 #1

"video is a testament really to a sort of death of education" madfloridian Mar 2014 #2

+1000 Useless in FL Mar 2014 #3

We need a version of the song "Another Brick in the Wall" - to defend the teachers! reformist2 Mar 2014 #16

Just another brick in the wall... zeemike Mar 2014 #21

Good. Now we need a video, complete with teachers being shoved into a cartoon meat grinder. reformist2 Mar 2014 #22

Can't do that for you zeemike Mar 2014 #33

another example of private contractors/consultants sucking $$ out of the kids' pockets nt msongs Mar 2014 #4

So true. madfloridian Mar 2014 #54

Horrifying. This is how to keep anyone with any brains, imagination, love of learning, enough Mar 2014 #5

Administrators jump on these idiotic pundit bandwagons. charmay Mar 2014 #6

Not me, but thanks for lumping Lifelong Protester Mar 2014 #14

I had to turn it off--been through too many PDs like that. knitter4democracy Mar 2014 #7

Somebody got paid to do that? nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #8

What would happen if a teacher just called in sick for one of these stupid days? bluestateguy Mar 2014 #9

Can't. Not anymore. Not in a big city system like Chi. or NYC. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #52

The urge to feed their families is strong. jsr Mar 2014 #56

More like In Disservice kairos12 Mar 2014 #10

Ugh. These teachers are professionals! What a load of crap they're enduring. riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #11

Our class days started at 8:30. We had to be in the building at 7:55. Hoppy Mar 2014 #12

I wouldn't talk to that to Lifelong Protester Mar 2014 #13

Bureaucratic gobbeldygook run amok! reformist2 Mar 2014 #15

They get fed a cookie after each correct response. Downwinder Mar 2014 #17

...... madfloridian Mar 2014 #19

Pavlov's Psychological Conditioning. DhhD Mar 2014 #27

This is the kind of professional development I called in sick for kmlisle Mar 2014 #18

Sounds like a Scientology session. lumpy Mar 2014 #20

Authoritarian GARBAGE. woo me with science Mar 2014 #23

Yes, that is chilling. Much like KIPP schools and their SLANT use. madfloridian Mar 2014 #32

That "teacher" wouldn't want me in that room... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #24

It is sickening. cate94 Mar 2014 #25

The right wing attempts to corporatize schools have turned schools to shit. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #26

Including the right wing within the Democratic Party. nt woo me with science Mar 2014 #67

They've been led right along with that mouth-taping former teacher, GOP Michelle Rhee Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #69

Who is in charge of Chicago again? vi5 Mar 2014 #76

Who in the country is running the propaganda against schools again? Tell me. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #79

Arne Duncan for one. vi5 Mar 2014 #80

stunning.. what a colossal waste of time and money. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #28

Obama's BFF, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's Minority-Bashing School Closings to save $$$ Divernan Mar 2014 #29

Rahm also like Nickelback, and instagrams crappy bathroom mirror selfies and pics of his food daily. Erose999 Mar 2014 #72

WTF is this shit? blackspade Mar 2014 #30

Rahm's education policies make things worse in public schools; but not for HIS kids. Divernan Mar 2014 #31

Now they know how the children feel in institutionalized education. joshcryer Mar 2014 #34

Most teachers don't want "institutionalized education." madfloridian Mar 2014 #64

My daughter is treated to similar humiliation in Arizona. Cheese4TheRat Mar 2014 #35

How sad. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #36

Maybe this ISAT prep session is why teachers there refuse to give ISAT?? madfloridian Mar 2014 #37

Anyone else catch the Ultimate Irony? Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #38

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2014 #39

+1 lunasun Mar 2014 #81

I am so sorry that no one in the classroom SheilaT Mar 2014 #40

They already did. Remember the Chicago teachers' strike...I think last year? madfloridian Mar 2014 #47

Except, it doesn't look as if the teachers in the video SheilaT Mar 2014 #49

Sometimes silence simply means they are desperate to keep their jobs. madfloridian Mar 2014 #53

It's a huge dilemma, and far too many workers SheilaT Mar 2014 #58

the isat thing is a quirk. mopinko Mar 2014 #78

Seems like REPUBLCIANS yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #41

Actually the upcoming Common Core testing is supported by Democratic leaders. madfloridian Mar 2014 #42

I would not be surprised to see future yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #43

Agree we do need a Democratic government. madfloridian Mar 2014 #46

Republicans? This video shows what's going on in an urban ps system run by a DEMOCRATIC mayor... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #51

And a Democratic mayor, Rahm. madfloridian Mar 2014 #57

so um.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #73

Of course. n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #74

What party is in charge of Chicago again? vi5 Mar 2014 #77

You are asking a resident of San Francisco yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #82

Here's a hint: vi5 Mar 2014 #83

Unbelievable. jsr Mar 2014 #44

Oh my God, that is painful. progressoid Mar 2014 #45

I still can't pick my jaw up off the floor TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #48

That was a terrible, dumbing-down presentation. pacalo Mar 2014 #50

The worst part is that the instructor goes on forever with this poorly thought out pledge! reformist2 Mar 2014 #55

I don't think much of the teachers who allowed this to happen. They must really be demoralized. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #59

I am sorry that 2 on this thread blame the teachers. madfloridian Mar 2014 #63

Damned if they do, damned if they don't. One thing for sure.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #75

Dreadful...thanks for posting this MF... KoKo Mar 2014 #60

I'm looking at the soda can on Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #61

Probably makes at least twice as much as any teacher sitting in the room too. Starry Messenger Mar 2014 #62

.... madfloridian Mar 2014 #65

Our curriculum director is a former kindergarten teacher... Jokerman Mar 2014 #66

The last principal I had talked to all of us that way. madfloridian Mar 2014 #68

I'd have put the woman on Attu. raven mad Mar 2014 #70

Duncan and the man who hired him - TBF Mar 2014 #71