ProSense (1000+ posts) Fri May-20-11 10:09 AM
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Howard Dean: 'The battle between teachers unions and charter schools is coming to an end'
Howard Dean: 'The battle between teachers unions and charter schools is coming to an end'
By Dave Murray
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Dean appeared MSNBC's “Morning Joe†this morning with former Washington, D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee – who also is a Democrat – and George Parker, the former head of that district's teachers union.
“I do believe charter schools are the future, especially for the inner cities,†Dean said, noting that the United Federation of Teachers is running a school in New York.
“There was a battle between charter schools and teachers unions for years and years. That battle is coming to an end,†he said.
Dean said he doesn't like the idea of non-public charter schools, but likes what's happening in New Orleans, where most of the city's schools are now charters.
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Fri May-20-11 11:27 AM
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4. And the charters and corporations won big time. Dean has sold out principles.
I consider he has compromised any principles about unions that he once had.
He decided to stand with the party in its effort to privatize education rather than speaking out for unions.
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Why no mention of what is most efective in educating children?
Until now:
Bandit (1000+ posts) Fri May-20-11 11:47 AM
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7. If it works I am for it..
What I believe right now is our Public School System is not working. Americans are dumber than a bag of rocks especially when it comes to Civics. If Charter Schools prove they can do a better job for not much more money then so be it..All I really want is excellence in our education system..Our country and our future depend upon it.
madfloridian (1000+ posts) Fri May-20-11 11:53 AM
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8. Oh yeh...let them make the same mess they made of our economy
without regulation. Yep, those corporations really know how to do things right, and they are all so knowledgeable about education.
I think more DUers support privatization of education than not...especially since Obama is for it.
I find that tragic.
Let's see: Bandit makes note of the fact the PUBLIC schools are a mess. Rather than addressing that fact MF retorts that an economy that is being overtaken by statists is the problem.
blindpig (1000+ posts) Fri May-20-11 12:09 PM
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13. Yeah, the teachers have lost...
as have the children, their parents and the nation.
The capitalist have won, got them another cash cow.
Somebody ahs to pay to support you shiftless losers. Without people making money there won't be anyone to pay taxes.
If you'd ever attended a proper school you'd know the basics of economics like that.
It seems that the level of learning has declined as people tried to inject ever-increasing degrees of "fairness" into the system.
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