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Smarmie Doofus

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6. OK. The Bush-Obama "Texas Miracle" education thing has had about 14 years to start showing results.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 04:17 PM

Jun 2015

This ^ is "the results."

Now: can we please go back to the way it was done before "reform"?

You know, well-trained highly intelligent, highly EXPERIENCED, adequately paid, career-oriented, UNIONIZED, TENURED, professional classroom teachers?

Wouldn't you want your child or grandchild ( special needs or NOT) taught by people who KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING?

Hello???

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TX teachers mock special ed students with �ghetto awards�, insist they didn�t mean to degrade anyone [View all] RandySF Jun 2015 OP

Better screening is needed to weed these misfit teachers out of schools. Far too many get easily RKP5637 Jun 2015 #1

It was the 8th annual yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #5

My thoughts too ... it often starts from the top down, or at least a complacent attitude. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2015 #7

Awful shenmue Jun 2015 #2

When is Texas going to secede from the Union again? 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #3

No, they weren't trying to degrade them rocktivity Jun 2015 #4

OK. The Bush-Obama "Texas Miracle" education thing has had about 14 years to start showing results. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2015 #6