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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:55 PM Original message |
Why won't Congress admit NCLB failed? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Humans simply suck admiring failure |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Like everything else in this country today, privatization is the goal |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You're right. It won't compensate for the harm done. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Well said! Thank you! //nt |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. The purpose of NCLB was to get everyone teaching to tests and discourage actual thinking |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But who was listening when we pointed that out? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure they're making money off of it somehow (like Bush's brother). nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That's the whole point of privatization, isn't it? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because failure can be used to hide even bigger failure. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I don't know, I can't believe it myself. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. They have too much invested in it, financially and politically, I'm guessing. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. because they want the money. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because we are all too busy blaming Arne Duncan for NCLB. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Because Dems have made that law theirs and taken it even further. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's not correct. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. K&R ! |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. When's the last time *anyone* in Congress admitted to a mistake? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. +1 |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Good point. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. NCLB is making some people a lot of $$$$. |
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