tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post2391651940370941643..comments2024-03-15T22:56:09.636-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Whoop-De-Friggin'-Do...Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-39745067653650854792010-07-28T20:05:04.764-07:002010-07-28T20:05:04.764-07:00S., thanks for that. I don't really have a pro...S., thanks for that. I don't really have a problem with charters per se - I started at a charter. It's more the notion that a charter is a magical fix that bugs me - that and the complete lack of attention to research on them.<br /><br />This stuff is coming down everywhere - it's today's pet rock of education (man, I'm old). Remember how all the standardized testing was going to solve everything? Now value-added assessment will save us.<br /><br />I'm sure the geniuses in Olympia are just as ill-informed about these issues as the geniuses in Trenton, and your press is probably not far behind. This sudden care about :the kids" is laughable - if you really cared about the kids, you'd have informed yourself about this stuff a long time ago.<br /><br />All of this is a proxy for the real debate: do we want to pay for quality education for every child in this country or not?<br /><br />It strikes me that we have got to start bringing folks like you and me together somehow - we need a national movement outside of the unions to counter this nonsense. Need to think about that for a bit...<br /><br />Anyway, good luck with the fight, and sorry about those Mariners - Ichiro is still one of my all-time favorites.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-63805959283484501322010-07-28T17:46:35.628-07:002010-07-28T17:46:35.628-07:00Hey Duke,
I wrote that post, and wish Washington ...Hey Duke,<br /><br />I wrote that post, and wish Washington State could take credit for having cooler heads and not vying for RTTT. Unfortunately, that's not quite the case.<br /><br />WA did try for it, over the objections of parents like me and Dora.<br /><br />A number of local organization reps and WA politicos did indeed offer our collective soul (as another blogger aptly phrased it elsewhere) to Arne and Co. in exchange for a chance at RTTT cash. <br /><br />Our local PTA heads, the "League of Education Voters" and various elected official all pushed for Senate Bill 6696 (often in a fairly non-transparent, stealthy manner, btw, with little genuine community discussion or input) which has a number of RTTT stipulations in it, over the objections of a number of us. <br /><br />The bill passed, so we are stuck with that. <br /><br />WA remains one of the few charter-less states in the nation, though. The public has voted it down three times.<br /><br />So maybe there is some common sense in the general public that these org. reps and politicos could learn from. <br /><br />-- S. Peters<br />Seattle Education 2010suep.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17281578510716234624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-25142192931739557112010-07-28T07:43:09.057-07:002010-07-28T07:43:09.057-07:00That's good stuff, Dora. I lived in Seattle be...That's good stuff, Dora. I lived in Seattle before I became a teacher - nice to see cooler heads prevail out there, even under the shadow of the Gates education juggernaut.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-2149633601987222372010-07-28T07:39:18.338-07:002010-07-28T07:39:18.338-07:00TFT, thank you. Great logo, and great blogTFT, thank you. Great logo, and great blogDukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-21475456661134289862010-07-27T22:55:27.380-07:002010-07-27T22:55:27.380-07:00I love your post but I can laugh because we were a...I love your post but I can laugh because we were able to skate through unscathed here in the state of Washington.<br /><br />See: <br />Washington State Remains Free from “Race to the Top” Extortion<br /><br />http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/washington-state-remains-free-from-race-to-the-top-extortion/#commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-49122228899557752402010-07-27T20:08:06.981-07:002010-07-27T20:08:06.981-07:00Perfect. Thanks.Perfect. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089587797789660734noreply@blogger.com