2016 Postmortem

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3. Because the Gov. is working towards "privatization" of education.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Wed Jul 6, 2016, 09:00 AM

Jul 2016

They want your children to have the best school you can afford.

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Hillary should not be praising charter school [View all] Chasstev365 Jul 2016 OP

We have worked very hard to keep a carpetbagging charter school My Good Babushka Jul 2016 #1

Good for you...It sounds like "Trump University" whathehell Jul 2016 #7

Yes, our state has been really lax in regulating charter schools with predictable results. My Good Babushka Jul 2016 #15

Awesome. I am glad. Xyzse Jul 2016 #31

I hope that Race to the "Bottom" gets rdropped into the dumpster. CentralMass Jul 2016 #2

Because the Gov. is working towards "privatization" of education. NorthCarolina Jul 2016 #3

I have worked in charter schools for the last five years.... chillfactor Jul 2016 #4

It's cool to be against charter schools on DU. woolldog Jul 2016 #6

Maybe because it's cool to be unionized? whathehell Jul 2016 #8

Your example is the exception to the rule Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #10

The New Democrats: Fuck Unions! -nt- chascarrillo Jul 2016 #40

And what happens to students who can not conform to the rules of the school? Do they get sent back RBInMaine Jul 2016 #21

Your post is on point NWCorona Jul 2016 #30

Reform school. . . woolldog Jul 2016 #38

I am a strong supporter of public schools. There is a lot of misunderstanding of still_one Jul 2016 #33

Your statement is an oversimplified generalization Orrex Jul 2016 #34

If a charter school is doing good work woolldog Jul 2016 #5

That sounds like GOP talking points! Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #11

Oh noes! woolldog Jul 2016 #12

Is the education landscape even? Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #14

Do you seriously think that that disparity woolldog Jul 2016 #28

It's so helpful to have you read from the GOP's handbook on education Orrex Jul 2016 #35

Explain that to the teachers My Good Babushka Jul 2016 #16

OK, let's start paying cops more money for solving more crimes. Let's start paying firefighters RBInMaine Jul 2016 #24

If you pay poorly for public service, you get poor public service. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #25

If you pay people according to test results, they ignore everything but test results Orrex Jul 2016 #37

No, "merit" pay is an INSULT. It just fosters teaching to the test, and teachers don't teach to get RBInMaine Jul 2016 #18

Quite on point with this one. Xyzse Jul 2016 #32

^^That. All of that. Orrex Jul 2016 #36

She will lose the support of the NEA's members in record time brentspeak Jul 2016 #9

They gonna support Trump? woolldog Jul 2016 #29

In a post-industrial economy you gotta privatize public revenue streams. HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #13

If she is going to take credit for the ones that succeed, she also Baitball Blogger Jul 2016 #17

Do you feel that way about virtual schools? leftofcool Jul 2016 #19

Not the best choice for most students, but should be an option, very selectively, for some students RBInMaine Jul 2016 #20

Good thing she didn't, then. Sorry, you're misrepresenting her comments. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #22

Respectfully, I agree with your assessment Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #23

Always read thru the replies and find the balance in the discussion when talking about Clinton. seabeyond Jul 2016 #27

I am a Hillary supporter,but mainstreetonce Jul 2016 #26

Many charter schools are bad but there are few really good ones with excellent teachers who make Jitter65 Jul 2016 #39

I doubt that she was praising for-profit charter schools. Can you be more specific? pnwmom Jul 2016 #41

HRC booed at NEA convention. But talked her way out of it. George Eliot Jul 2016 #42