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LWolf

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10. Yes.

Reply to madfloridian (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 17, 2014, 08:07 AM

Mar 2014

To be honest, it has driven me further and further away from the party, because that "loyalty" is a betrayal of public education, of educators, and of students.

It hits me in the gut; it's my daily existence. It's personal.

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Arne D. lets Pearson, others make and grade tests secretly to publicly grade teachers. Unfair. [View all] madfloridian Mar 2014 OP

If students grade teachers, shouldn't teachers grade administrators? Downwinder Mar 2014 #1

Proprietary tests are like proprietary voting....you don't know what you are getting. madfloridian Mar 2014 #2

I have a theory... madfloridian Mar 2014 #3

I agree. The silence is telling. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #4

Yes, it is. madfloridian Mar 2014 #9

I always try to K&R your posts when I see them catchnrelease Mar 2014 #7

From the Democratic side, there really is no defense of what is going on. n/t progressoid Mar 2014 #8

Yes. LWolf Mar 2014 #10

I think there is also confusion about testing and the Common Core and teacher evaluations, and Squinch Mar 2014 #14

But what can Obama do about it? awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #5

Nothing. He threw teachers under the bus years ago, just like his base when he refused to push for Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #6

He can change his policy on education. madfloridian Mar 2014 #11

Oh, I know... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #12

Pearson made a billion dollars in 2012. They linked closely through major investors to Squinch Mar 2014 #13

Any and all public employees need to be accountable. Octafish Mar 2014 #15