But what about . . . THE CHILDREN????

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Can't someone stop this dangerous fanatic?

 

But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.

And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.

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  1. Hammer and Sickle High: ‘Obamunism’ Indoctrinates the Schools

    Seattle schoolteacher Jesse Hagopian writes

    “Obama’s charisma and liberal credentials have helped put the charter school movement on the fast track-along with his Race to the Top Fund, designed to pressure school districts around the country to turn significant portions of their schools into these unaccountable charters or be cut off from the desperately needed federal dollars. As the Washington Post reported, “President Obama is leaning hard on the nation’s schools, using the promise of more than $4 billion in federal aid-and the threat of withholding it-to strong-arm the education establishment to accept more charter schools and performance pay for teachers.” It seems the plan is working with the recent news that the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted 6-1 to authorize opening up over 250 schools to bids by charter schools and other outside entities.

    Obama defended the Race to the Top Fund saying, “It’s not based on politics, it’s not based on who’s got more clout, it’s not based on what certain constituency groups are looking for, but it’s based on what works.”

    But the fact is, charter schools rival investment banks for best example of the failure of the free market.  In the largest study on charter schools to date, Stanford University found in their Walton Family (of Walmart infamy) funded study that students in more than 80 percent of charter schools either performed the same as-or worse than-students in traditional public schools on mathematics tests. More damning, thirty-seven percent of charter schools students posted gains that were “significantly below” what their students would have realized if they had enrolled in their local traditional public schools instead.

    Obama’s no socialist. But we knew that already. This just puts it in more perspective.  

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