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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:38 PM Original message |
I can't wait for charter schools to replace public shools. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just force charter schools to not discriminate and that day will come within |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Don't most admit by lottery? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Selective attrition and counseling out are so called "public" charter |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. And proof of this claim? n/t |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. what are you saying? that minories bring down the school???? |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. They "counsel out" sped kids and ELL kids. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. you might want to read something about this misperception: |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Meanwhile...how many MORE generations do we lose to ignorance? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. No chance of "overcrowding;" Charters can place children on waiting-lists. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. And they'll be public school teachers re-hired, non-union now, because that |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm tired of our children being used as guinea pigs. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Isn't a child in a failing district school also being used a guinea pig? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. you don't want your child in a charter, |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Charter schools are NOT a product of American ingenuity |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Don't forget stupidity. |
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OZark Dem (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't understand Charter Schools |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Good point re. Bush. Paladino loves 'em too. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. The industries behind the International private school movement |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. It's good to remember that Neil Bush had his "ignite" program that |
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OZark Dem (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Didn't Jebbie buy that for Florida ? |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. Yeah, funny how education works when used as a business model. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Maybe you should try |
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OZark Dem (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I understand what you are saying. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
73. The "corporations" |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. They won't go back public. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Charters are funded with tax dollars |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. The typical response to corporate failure... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. There are days that I think it would serve the conservative wingnuts |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I'm good with offering them an island all their own. How long before they declare a civil war-- |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Excellent. Much better than my option. Let them experiment on their own. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Reality TV even I'd love to watch! nt |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. If a parent wants their kid to go to a nice school, does that make them discriminatory? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig stretch. Are you using public money to help |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The selective enrollment school are public (you have to test in) |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. You don't have to test into all selective enrollment public schools. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Then that isn't selective enrollment. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. It makes you a cheater |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well, I feel the the Chicago Public Schools cheat me out of my tax money |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Two wrongs make a right, no?" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not for me they don't. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Bless your heart... nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I want our children to go to a nice public school. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Hear, hear! nt |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. exactly - |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Charter schools ARE public schools. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Except that they are often not held to the same standards as true public schools- |
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KossackRealityCheck (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
56. And if a nice public school isn't in my district, then what? |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Well, we are trying to have a civilazation here, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yep. Shouldn't lose more than a third of a generation. nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Charter School movement is *designed* to end universal public education. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. No, they will go fully private... |
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Count Olaf (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. By the time we realize how stupid everyone is, it will be too late |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ho- It's so lonely on "ignore." |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. charter schools ARE public schools. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. This is the latest big lie privateers are pushing |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Charter schools ARE public schools. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. What traditional public schools are run by private management companies? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Charter schools ARE public schools. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You can stick feathers on your butt and call yourself a chicken. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. They do not have to adhere to the same standards that the true public school does. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. thank goodness! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Where are "traditional public schools...run by for profit companies"? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Around the country - |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. no - it's the truth. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. In Rhode Island they are by law. There can be no private charters |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. My son is in a charter school |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Good for you and your son. |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. I agree |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. If your son were to continue fighting in this charter school, does its charter |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. yes |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. ya... fingers crossed my kids make it out of system before ruination of public for charter |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Hear Hear! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. In the meantime, America's best and most qualified teachers will lose their jobs and livelihoods, |
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nunyabidness (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Once again, It`s everybody elses fault..... |
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