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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:02 PM Mar 2015

Michigan Tea Partiers want to scrap teaching standards — ... pretty much anyone can teach scripture

Source: RawStory

Michigan Tea Partiers want to scrap teaching standards — because pretty much anyone can teach scripture

Tea Party conservative lawmakers in Michigan are looking to eliminate hiring standards for public school teachers – and a Facebook post may reveal their motivation.

State Rep. Gary Glenn (R-Larkin Township) introduced legislation Wednesday that literally strikes out all current criteria for hiring qualified teachers and allows school board members to hire anyone whose “education and experience” they believe would benefit students, reported Eclectablog.

House Bill 4394 would also promote the operation of cyber schools taught by anyone school boards wish to hire and that would be exempt from state requirements on student attendance.

Another conservative lawmaker, state Rep. Todd Courser, posted a Facebook rant earlier this week against “top down soviet style” education standards.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/michigan-tea-partiers-want-to-scrap-teaching-standards-because-pretty-much-anyone-can-teach-scripture/

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Michigan Tea Partiers want to scrap teaching standards — ... pretty much anyone can teach scripture (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP
isn't this the same cretin freaking out about a midland editor who is, apparently, gay? niyad Mar 2015 #1
One more giant step downward for mankind. The terrorists are here in this country, fools like RKP5637 Mar 2015 #2
Somebody wants to make some money in the ed biz. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #3
Boy, you know, 99 percent of the time we read about some nit-shit, ignorant, brainless law that... BlueJazz Mar 2015 #4
Look out Mississippi safeinOhio Mar 2015 #5
The lunatics are in charge in Michigan CanonRay Mar 2015 #6
Watch out Wisconsin and Indiana! world wide wally Mar 2015 #7
I wint too skul inn Meecheegin KamaAina Mar 2015 #8

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
2. One more giant step downward for mankind. The terrorists are here in this country, fools like
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:05 PM
Mar 2015

this are detrimental to the future of the US.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
4. Boy, you know, 99 percent of the time we read about some nit-shit, ignorant, brainless law that...
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:10 PM
Mar 2015

...some politician wants to push though, they have the "R" by their name.

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