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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:02 AM Original message |
L.A. Bd of Ed approves expansion of charter schools: 200 + 50 new ones built with public money |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. within seconds, the un-reccers strike! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Something can be more recced and unrecced |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. it would be interesting to hear why they unrec this one....nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. kick |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Charter schools are public schools. They are organized independently of the school board....but... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was a consultant for Public and Charters from 2001 - 5 |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I understand why they were started...they just aren't working out all that well for the instigators |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "the movement to privatize public schools will go no where if the schools and the unions broaden |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Sorry, I was unclear. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. we already know what might "work and make parents happy. " |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Parents are easy, most of them want to like their children's schools. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. your post is unintelligible. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I apologize for the lame attempt at a bit of humor. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Charter schools are a failure... |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I know, charters have been notorious for mediocre performance. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. what would that "better direction" be? |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Profit is lucrative return to the investor. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. you have a limited view of profit. one invests for the future, & the investors have deep pockets. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I don't think these "deep pockets" are investing for the future. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You're mistaken. The kind of people & financial organizations putting |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree many Public Schools are doing well |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I don't see charters as the primary enemy of the public school system. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. They are feeling a void and getting paid for doing so |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I wish you luck in California. I don't see much change coming |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "grab hold" - of *what*? it's *about* de-unionization & privatization. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Well, too many can't in the challenging communities. That is no insinuation. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. 1. I'm not, nor have I ever been, a K-12 teacher. 2. Charters, per the most |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. #1 explains a lot. #2 We know they TEND not to. #3 Testy, testy, as well as quite inaccurate. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Gee, when you thought I was a teacher, you implied my interest was |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well, #1 I didn't assume you are a teacher. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. can't *counter* it? you're not saying anything. you haven't presented |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Well, Al Shanker seemed to think they might have possibilities. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. My thoughts exactly ~ I feel sorry for the parents |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Let me know. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. "stable communities" - There are no "stable communities" except |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Some "oversight": "only 30 of the 163 charter schools in LA filed the required quarterly financial |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Exactly what I said in my post without reading yours |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. sadder for the democratic (small-d) experiment. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sound like they are following President Obama's advice on charter schools |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I love our President and will be supportive of him on |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The public school system is being gutted from within; privatized for personal gain with public funds |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Why do I agree with you ~ |
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