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appalachiablue

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5. Arne Duncan, Rahm Emmanuel and other Dems. became supporters

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 05:18 PM

Sep 2019

which is concerning.. AND Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of DC Public Schools (2007-2010)?!

..In August 2014, Rhee became a board member of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. She also replaced Jim Scheible as chairman of St. Hope Public Schools, a charter school chain run by her husband, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, and subsequently announced that she would be stepping down as CEO of StudentsFirst. On March 29, 2016, StudentsFirst announced some of its state chapters would merge with 50CAN, a nonprofit education advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

On November 19, 2016, Rhee met with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President–elect Mike Pence, sparking speculation that she was in consideration for Secretary of Education; Rhee later tweeted that she was not interested in pursuing the position.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Rhee

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Charter Schools Were Never A Good Idea, Corporate Plot To Privatize & Make Money [View all] appalachiablue Sep 2019 OP

Yep. LakeArenal Sep 2019 #1

A very revealing and in depth article about the long term and devious appalachiablue Sep 2019 #2

Wisconsin has known this for sometime LakeArenal Sep 2019 #9

"Accountability" - the key word. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #3

I have never liked charter schools. This was my biggest gripe about Obama cuz he supported in2herbs Sep 2019 #4

Arne Duncan, Rahm Emmanuel and other Dems. became supporters appalachiablue Sep 2019 #5

AZ Gov. Ducey and the R legislature are trying to allow the payments for charter schools in2herbs Sep 2019 #8

Pfft, no way.. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #11

They are going to try to do it with the use of vouchers which will allow out of state school in2herbs Sep 2019 #12

Clever, they don't let up appalachiablue Sep 2019 #14

Canada has great public schools. Conservative Premier of Alberta has applegrove Sep 2019 #6

Not surprised about fine schools, good for Canada. The con premier appalachiablue Sep 2019 #7

Yes. Canadians are 2/3rds left or center-left. We have you to learn from. applegrove Sep 2019 #10

I like what I see there for a number of years, esp. with the bizarre appalachiablue Sep 2019 #15

Trump is way more unpopular in canada than the US. Republicans too. And applegrove Sep 2019 #16

Well expressed and thanks for your spot on sentiment and analysis. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #17

Fall is best. Gatineau Hills, Laurentian mountains are just about to turn to colored applegrove Sep 2019 #18

In some way the movement conservativeon the right in the USA had to wait for the greatest generation applegrove Sep 2019 #20

Yes there were multiple forces that led to more conservative economics appalachiablue Sep 2019 #23

De rien! applegrove Sep 2019 #24

I would love for all of you progressive and kind people d_r Sep 2019 #13

There's no problem as far as I'm concerned if kids attend schools appalachiablue Sep 2019 #19

Their charter school d_r Sep 2019 #21

Sounds like heaven, and the commitment energetic. appalachiablue Sep 2019 #22