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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 01:41 PM Original message |
The Education Manifesto By MICHELLE RHEE and ADRIAN FENTY |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sadly, I have to leave for a while. I'll be back later this evening. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll start by stating the obvious: Fenty & Rhee, the residents voted your asses out. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And what about the article in the Post? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It means weingarten pushed through a trojan horse. which if you kept up on this issue, you'd |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Could the teachers not read their new contract, then? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. because it promised them a big raise & the leadership told them the rest didn't matter. duh. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Hold on, Hannah. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. no. i',m saying the members trusted their leadership to tell them if the contract |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Dude...you're either pro-union or you are not. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Hannah...these are educated people, with college degrees and |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. blah, blah, blah. your straw has nothing to do with anything i said. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. My favorite quote |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That all sounds like good work to me. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Funny if it was such a success that the residents VOTED THEIR ASSES OUT. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. What is incorrect in the article? You're not offering much |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Can we be sure that the results of elections always reflect the best policies for people? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. no. for example, teachers voted randi weingarten in; to "defend their interests". lol. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. I knew little about Michelle Rhee until a few weeks ago... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Someone should post the keynote where she tells about taping her students' mouths shut |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I'm always interested in discussion. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. That is totally unacceptable |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. why do you keep repeating that misrepresentation? & you've been called on it before. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. She was basically run out of town. She gives herself a glowing |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. I like |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Good post. The gains they achieved were based on very shaky |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Is the Union not made up of the teachers? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. How do you know they were merely short-term gains |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. From the Huffington Post |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yup. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The most interesting thing I learned from this essay in the |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It saddens me that there is no real discussion here |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I had hoped that there would be some real discussion. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. NPR had an interesting interview with Rhee |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Thanks. I'll see if I can find it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. sure you did. funny thing, i never see you wanting to discuss anything except the ed deformers' |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. If that is, indeed, true, I'm very confused here. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I'm willing to listen to most "opinions" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, it's been failing to do its job for some time, now, at least |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Wow |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. +1000000000000 |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Well, time will certainly prove whether or not Rhee's plan actually worked |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. couldn't get more compromised on this issue than the wapo: 70% of their profits come |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. that inner cities are poorly served doesn't mean rhee & fenty served them well. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. I am really pissed that Rhee got the boot... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Unrec. That is all. nt |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's both hilarious and tragic how easily people are taken by this shit. |
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