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HiPointDem

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26. I don't have to "prove" it, it's right there in the requirements to get the money.

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Mon May 28, 2012, 12:55 AM

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'Reaching Out' to the Black Community With a Wagging Finger, a Closed Fist, and an Empty Hand [View all] bigtree May 2012 OP

I agree completely, but the question that hangs in my mind is... Lionessa May 2012 #1

first, you'd have to locate an 'education policy' of Romney's to debate bigtree May 2012 #2

Yeah, well after much reading here on DU, I have little hope for the public system under Obama Lionessa May 2012 #5

well, just on the money invested on PE on the initiative of this admin alone he deserves support bigtree May 2012 #6

that money comes with strings. iemitsu May 2012 #8

'death warrant?' that's just hyperbolic nonsense bigtree May 2012 #9

big tree, you must not be a public school teacher. iemitsu May 2012 #12

charter schools, as they exist today, don't threaten your job bigtree May 2012 #15

The research you quote is from 1997, when the majority of the few charter schools that existed HiPointDem May 2012 #14

so, like, in a predominately black neighborhood, you'll find a charter school bigtree May 2012 #16

In case you didn't know, charter schools aren't neighborhood schools. They're open to all students. HiPointDem May 2012 #19

you act like they're corralling folk to the schools based on race bigtree May 2012 #22

I didn't say that, & I didn't do the study. I linked a reputable study & gave you a *fact* that HiPointDem May 2012 #23

the 'straw' is acting as if the racial makeup was some issue bigtree May 2012 #24

You're free to keep repeating the falsehood that charter schools are neighborhood schools, but HiPointDem May 2012 #25

schools aren't closing because of charters. There are many, many factors behind closing schools bigtree May 2012 #30

Public schools are closing because the PTB want them to close. Charter schools are opening HiPointDem May 2012 #32

Most, if not all, of the extra money the admin put into ed has been used to coerce states and HiPointDem May 2012 #13

'all the extra money?' That's not what I see in the budget. bigtree May 2012 #17

A large part of it went to RTTT, which went to coerce states and districts as I said. HiPointDem May 2012 #18

i see it the same way as you do HiPointDem. iemitsu May 2012 #20

you haven't proven that the discretionary spending is to 'coerce' states bigtree May 2012 #21

I don't have to "prove" it, it's right there in the requirements to get the money. HiPointDem May 2012 #26

those are incentives which are in addition to other increases in funding bigtree May 2012 #27

Not in RTTT they're not. Regardless of how much money comes from the feds, the impetus for HiPointDem May 2012 #28

I know enough bigtree May 2012 #29

"Handful"? There were over 5600 charter schools in the US 2 years ago, with more than 2 million HiPointDem May 2012 #31

compared to the amount of public schools, it's a pittance bigtree May 2012 #33

It was 5% in 2009, and getting bigger every year. Not to mention on-line schooling & vouchers, + HiPointDem May 2012 #34

I though we were assuming that we're both sincere in this discussion. I guess not. bigtree May 2012 #35

Bingo. 99Forever May 2012 #3

He came for nothing, and he left with what he came for. madashelltoo May 2012 #4

You mentioned Charter Schools goclark May 2012 #10

Thanks. Scurrilous May 2012 #7

It's hard work, pretending you give a rats ass annabanana May 2012 #11

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