Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

5. From the article...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 09:41 AM

Apr 2014

Acosta: I think we can learn a lot from Arizona, because they're divesting from education so badly. We're always at the bottom, in teachers' salaries, per pupil spending, and performance. More charter schools per capita than anyone else. It's the Wild West for education right now.

I think they're experimenting with killing public education. At my former school right now, in my district, it's about 65 percent Latino. Five years from now it's going to be 80 percent. They're just going to leave this giant defunded school district filled with brown kids: fend for yourself. We better be ready to respond.

Scary stuff, but the signs of this are all over.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

16 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

This Teacher’s Ethnic Studies Classes Were Banned, His Students Took the District to Court—and Won [View all] marmar Apr 2014 OP

Was the teacher really saying this in class and agreeing with it ? oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #1

No. antiquie Apr 2014 #2

So that's just the way the Arizona state court interpreted the study material? oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #3

DING! DING! DING! We have a winner! hobbit709 Apr 2014 #4

no, that was the propaganda being pushed by the AZ GOP TheSarcastinator Apr 2014 #13

I don't think you read it correctly oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #14

From the article... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #5

Curtis Acosta is amazing and so are his students Chiquitita Apr 2014 #6

Kudos to the attorney who pleaded their case. Baitball Blogger Apr 2014 #7

du rec. xchrom Apr 2014 #8

Precious Knowledge Struggles-12 Videos in a You Tube Presentation. DhhD Apr 2014 #9

Keyboard in, 'Precious Knowledge Struggles,' for a more direct path to the 12 videos. DhhD Apr 2014 #10

Cool. HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #11

They also banned a long list of books associated with MAS kmlisle Apr 2014 #12

Hopefully it was or will be...... paleotn Apr 2014 #16

Imagine how much those kids have learned versus LittleBlue Apr 2014 #15