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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 12:24 PM Original message |
Teacher to Obama: I'm coming back, next year, when you're President. |
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grantcart
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Thu Jul-31-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. one of his better speeches and question and answers |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Compared side by side with McCain? |
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Blue_Roses
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Thu Jul-31-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. NCLB is a joke... |
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blondeatlast
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think it needs done away with and a new program implemented. |
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Danger Mouse
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm a SpeEd Teacher's assistant, and thanks to NCLB, we have to force all of our kids... |
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blondeatlast
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. NCLB is a huge source of anxiety over non SpecEd kids because the teachers |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I was shocked by the testing BEFORE NCLB! It's Class Warfare! |
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Alter Ego
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Obama acknowledged that the principle behind NCLB was sound. |
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blondeatlast
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. This certified secondary English Ed might just do the same; I'm that hopeful. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hey there teacher! |
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LWolf
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wow. What a disconnect. |
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Egnever
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. whats your specific problem with his education stance? |
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blondeatlast
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I'd like to know as well. As an ex-teacher and lifetime union activist, I'm not always 100% |
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LWolf
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Sat Aug-02-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Neither am I. |
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MadHound
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I have huge problems with his education stance |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Merit Pay does NOT mean more tests. Prove it. |
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Blue_Roses
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. thank-you and well said. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. They really do, teachers care so much! |
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Blue_Roses
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. hey thanks and will do... |
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Egnever
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. hmm he seems to refute what you are positing in the article you linked. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. yep, thanks...nt |
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LWolf
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Sat Aug-02-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. He "seems" to say a lot, |
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LWolf
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Thu Jul-31-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. You used the magic word: specific. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. thanks for the link....and, no, Obama doesn't tow the NEA line. |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ask a Florida teacher how "merit pay" works there |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm in California. Shitty teachers get paid the same as the very best. |
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Egnever
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I can tell you what its like everywhere |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. start here, with the knowledge that florida teachers do NOT have the right to strike, rendering |
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Egnever
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Nevada is the same |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. no right to strike, no power, NO voice in setting up the 'merit pay' program |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And, from the same article: |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. and the last paragraph says it all, and shows why educational reform is |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. We agree on these things. |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. unions aren't perfect, and I pay the same as those with families for my union health plan...NOTHING! |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You've got a good health plan. |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. if you're for merit pay, what is your plan? how would you implement it? |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. OK, I'll take a stab. |
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Gabi Hayes
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Thu Jul-31-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I agree with those, too, but the problem is that none of them address |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You can't tie it to student outcomes. |
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LWolf
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Sat Aug-02-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I HOPE that's what it includes: |
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NYC_SKP
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Sat Aug-02-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes. |
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LWolf
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Sat Aug-02-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I've worked with both kinds of administrators. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. you hit the nail on the head. |
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LWolf
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Thu Jul-31-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. I've heard this argued ad nauseum; |
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Cha
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Rec'd~ Greatest page material.. |
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NYC_SKP
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Thu Jul-31-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Well that's sweet, thanks! |
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BlooInBloo
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Sat Aug-02-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Heh. Anyone who types is notorious for typos... |
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