2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA WOW from @HillaryClinton on Charter Schools
http://cloakinginequity.com/2015/11/09/a-wow-from-hillaryclinton-on-charter-schools/
Hillary Clinton blew me away today. Honestly, I had been personally trending towards Bernie Sanders. I even tagged along last night to #FeelTheBern at a Las Vegas campaign rally. However, I was disappointed again that that Bernie said nothing about education besides that he will press for free college which I do realize is a big deal considering the mountains of debt many students these days are facing (See my familys story in the post Lilys Blackboard: Dimming the American Dream with Debt).
But still nothing on K-12...
So back to being blown away In early October I Tweeted a question I longingly hoped Hillary would leave behind top-down, private.. control reforms and instead move to a new community-based reform agenda.
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I realize many thought we were going down an enlightened road with Obama in 2008 (I even served on the Obama campaigns national education policy committee) only to have the rug pulled out from under us with the appointment of Arne Duncan (See A Top Ten of @ArneDuncan Inanity: Obamas Basketball Buddy Drops Ball on Ed). But I also realize that the Republicans I will be watching tomorrow in the debate are whole hog top-down, private control and privatization education reform proponents (What happened to local control?).
So just WOW Hillary. Its a start. Id like to hear more about high-stakes testing, Common Core, teacher evaluation, the school-to-prison pipeline, multiple measure accountability etc (See also Top 10 Education Questions for 2016 Presidential Candidates) But, Hillary has me hopeful today...more
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)And not her record or past statements? And then we have people wondering why peoples' intelligence is being questioned...
Hillary lies about whatever she has to to get ahead.
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Now I see bernie lying about everything he says to get ahead because he has a reason. He's always been behind.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)They are for profit and it isn't profitable to teach kids with learning disabilities.
Also I feel it is not good to separate kids based on their abilities.
I think we make way too much of kids who seem smarter than their age group.
All kids do not learn the same way and a lot of creative kids don't fit into the mold.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)And her latest Weasel-words on the topic show she has not disavowed them.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Bet you call that candidate juvenile names without having taken a moment to hear one speech that candidate has said on this topic.
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misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Maybe take a break, you just made absolutely no sense.
Off to the ignore bin with ya.