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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:29 PM Original message |
Harlem Success Charter leader: “I’m not a big believer in special ed" |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. What you said - schools *are* social-service agencies - what else??? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Always happens. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, I hate to see it maybe not make the greatest, where it should be. Kick. nt |
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daylan b (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And it happens again if you mention it... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes, it is like a contest. |
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daylan b (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. it's not the post, it's the internet |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, that well could be. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow. How does someone that stupid get into such a position of power. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. It's scary |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Are you serious? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yes |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Moskowitz seems unaware of her school's attitude toward disabilities. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You get public money, you should have the same requirements for students you accept |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. How ignorant can one be? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of COURSE he's not. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Very well said. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good comment from the first article. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Denying there are special needs children, harassing the parents.. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Even Bloomberg "performed" at Harlem Charter Night. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What a bunch of shit. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thank You For Posting This madfloridian |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Denying special needs students to keep test scores high... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Families are counseled out." How convenient. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's taxpayer funded segregation. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. There's A Slick Little Thing Called RTI (Response To Intervention) Which |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. When I was teaching we were told not to refer any with suspected autism. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Wow, I have an IQ of 135 and considered "Gifted", but my autism diqualifies me? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. +1,000 |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I don't like RTI at all |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Exactly (nt) |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Did Moskowitz tell students an untruth about what Klein said? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. this happened in the public school system my friend works for. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. If you've worked in schools of low-income... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I taught in one of the most challenging schools in the city. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
68. I don't deny that at all... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. +1000 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. This Autistic person says FUCK YOU, Ms. Moskowitz! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. .. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. This guy heads a school? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. “Eva told us that the school is not a social-service agency,” |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. There are arrangements made within the public school systems |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. There is nothing wrong with not being all things to all people, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Charter schools leave the hard cases to public schools. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. that shouldn't be the role of the public school either |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. They are taking money from public schools and giving it to.... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. and what about? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If they get public money they should take all students. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Your attitude seems to be misplaced. |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
63. teachers are placing blame on the wrong individuals |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. Very good post. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. If it's not a social service agency, then it's not serving the public good. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Easy to see how the public school system is being set up to look bad. nt |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. Precisely, it's about statistics |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
47. I tried to get my disabled child into a private school |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. There is nothing that can substitute for actual experience. Thanks for your input. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Our area did not have one like that, thank goodness. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
51. If a school isn't a social service agency, it's failing. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. +1000 |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Well said. nt |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Agreed. And since that school gets public money, it is appalling. |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Perfectly stated |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. The attitude I have fought much of my adult life as an advocate. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. I work with those kinds of kids every day. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
57. I checked to see if he was talking about mainstreaming |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. They're not mutually exclusive |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. I'm not a big believer in "special ed." Translation--we're not gonna pay for it. nt |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Translation: You get public money, you follow the law |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Exactly right. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
64. This has had 7 unrecs. Disabilities in children are real....so why? |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
66. I'd be using the American Disabilities Act to sue the hell out of these charters |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
67. $$$$$$ |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
69. Jeez, I just turned on MSNBC for a minute. They were pushing charter schools... |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Remember the outrage when Bush proposed vouchers? |
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Richd506 (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. this makes my blood boil |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. My anger is growing because our party refuses to address it. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
73. Who is this guy, Michael Savage?? |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. Charter schools need to be regulated |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Really great graphic. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
79. This guy is a JERK. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
80. Expensive educational services: still cheaper than prison. |
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