tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post2713849673321197079..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Derrell Bradford's Fraudulent Voucher ArgumentDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-9347141987986536322013-08-06T10:06:47.078-07:002013-08-06T10:06:47.078-07:00DB is telling a personal story -- the quote is &qu...DB is telling a personal story -- the quote is "[he] had the experience of getting a voucher". I don't see him arguing anywhere that vouchers would send every district school kid to St. Paul's. So your point that vouchers probably wouldn't cover St. Paul's --well, right. Who exactly is saying that they would?<br /><br />It's pretty clear to me that you and I have profoundly different lenses when we read these stories, but one of the lessons I take away from Prof. Baker's work on charter finance (esp the NYC analysis he's done) is that the existing per-pupil in NYC probably isn't enough to get Democracy Prep/Success/KIPP etc results at scale -- that's why those organizations fundraise.<br /><br />I think there are a lot of caring Americans who would be willing to stomach the tax burden if they knew that it would bring results. What gives a lot of people pause - me included - is runaway costs with seemingly no plan to fix broken management systems.<br /><br />DB says "we're spending on all the wrong things" -- the elephant in the room here is the pension & health care costs 10, 15, 20 years out that threaten to swallow budgets whole. Defined benefit pension programs look pretty ill-conceived - hard to see a way forward that doesn't involve a transition to defined contribution/401k-style programs.almhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420465709926105665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-30183596761247311782013-08-04T11:02:40.051-07:002013-08-04T11:02:40.051-07:00Jill, why do you call pointing out facts "hat...Jill, why do you call pointing out facts "hating."<br />If one was to say you are a female, you would call that hating?<br />It seems you missed the story of the woman accused of adultery.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-10258861016408526272013-08-04T11:00:38.051-07:002013-08-04T11:00:38.051-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-50004491557803474182013-08-02T20:23:38.745-07:002013-08-02T20:23:38.745-07:00You are simply brilliant. Your breakdown of DB and...You are simply brilliant. Your breakdown of DB and his education does nothing to distract. It pounds the nail on the head for he and his hypocrisy represent everything going wrong in public education today. Brilliant. We are so lucky to have your ability to get it and share it with just the right doses of humor, snark, irony and wit. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01003814941132010913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-84481943553224503262013-08-02T09:12:40.144-07:002013-08-02T09:12:40.144-07:00It's amusing to see how much you hate on Derre...It's amusing to see how much you hate on Derrell Bradford. Keep it up, it just distracts you from the important stuff. So, hate on.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859133387491083868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67358789252844108732013-08-01T13:29:16.574-07:002013-08-01T13:29:16.574-07:00Vouchers and charter schools help only a handful o... Vouchers and charter schools help only a handful of children while sucking funds out of the already hurting public schools and hurting the rest of the kids. What happens when your kid doesn't get the voucher and someone else's kid does? Your kid is stuck in the same old school which now has less staff, overcrowded classes, and more problems. Vouchers and charter schools create apartheid. When only the rich and a handful of lucky elites have access to education, the rest suffer thus increasing the divide between socio-economic classes. He is no better than Christie, hurting our children's education to give billionaire corporate buddies a tax break.Last NJ Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522537121191677359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-21087258249962207822013-08-01T08:43:14.716-07:002013-08-01T08:43:14.716-07:00Vouchers will only supply a small part of the tuit...Vouchers will only supply a small part of the tuition for some elite private schools such as The Hun School, The Lawrenceville School, Peddie, etc. These schools have tuitions of $25K to $36K and above. These elite schools are selective about whom they accept. What about transportation to these elite schools? Will the rich, the very wealthy be allowed to take advantage of these vouchers?<br /><br />Off topic but that police chief (right wing gun nut) Mark Kessler has been suspended from his job.<br /><br />http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/01/pennsylvania-police-chief-suspended-over-profanity-laced-anti-liberal-gun-videos/giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-18203226142558683112013-08-01T08:05:05.878-07:002013-08-01T08:05:05.878-07:00I find it particularly insulting that this individ...I find it particularly insulting that this individual would compare the type of "PRIVATE" SCHOOL education and experience he received at a St Paul's a NAIS SCHOOL, with a tuition price tag for the 2013-14 school year which begins for K -$19,925 to 9-12gd at 24,750. If you live in NYC the price tag is more like $40,000 starting at Pre-K. My daughter attend such schools and I thank the Lord I do not have kids to educate today. I can't imagine where or how one pays 40K for Pre-K. More importantly a Public School voucher doesn't begin to put a dent in the price tag of these "elite" schools...This individual is well aware that his comment and argument is flawed but even the blessed, which he is was to attend such a school, can turn-out to be one who prefers to sell his soul to the devil at the expense of other disadvantaged children. Shame on you Darrell Bradford!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531140391443288068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-33236598404037421452013-08-01T07:34:04.492-07:002013-08-01T07:34:04.492-07:00For a look at all those 'bells and whistles th...For a look at all those 'bells and whistles that we don't need'; http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/06/assemblyman_reed_gusciora_frustrated_by_lackadaisical_timeline_for_trenton_central_high_renovations.htmlMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611419024284307883noreply@blogger.com