tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1411482219849956539..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Newark Deserves An Experienced, Well-Trained School LeaderDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56719109713186284482014-11-15T10:02:26.748-08:002014-11-15T10:02:26.748-08:00I will disagree with one element of this post. Th...I will disagree with one element of this post. There is a suburban district that has allowed for a similar, destructive, failing force to continue: Montclair. This might be the product of an appointed BOE, rather than an elected one (since we have seen what the difference can mean, ala Highland Park). It might not be a product of that.<br /><br />Nonetheless, aside from a couple of strong advocacy groups (MCAS) and a few district educators willing to speak up (fear is rampant), the (willful?) chaos, confusion, and pure shenanigans that are being pulled, money being wasted, children being underrepresented, really show that some districts truly haven't yet figured out how destructive some of these "reformers" can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-19351460976094952592014-11-14T10:35:47.933-08:002014-11-14T10:35:47.933-08:00The Institute For Advanced Study in Princeton is a...The Institute For Advanced Study in Princeton is an actual scholarly institute. The AEI, Cato, Heritage and the rest of these phony baloney so called "institutes" are shams and scams. They are propaganda mills for corporate America. They get paid big bucks by the giant multinational corporations and by the right wing billionaires to sell their bilge throughout the media and the nation. It's really disgusting how much time CSPAN gives to these right wing think tanks. One or all of them appear on one of the 3 CSPAN channels on an almost daily basis. AEI and the rest of these manure spreaders claim to be non partisan. It's funny how they seem to attract people like Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney and the Bushes. They may be non partisan but they are certainly ideological. The ideology of libertarians, Ayn Randians, right wingers and of billionaires who want their taxes lowered. To paraphrase Paul Krugman, AEI and the rest of these propaganda mills take the think out of think tanks.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.com