I believe we are all keenly aware that President Obama and his fine Secretary of Education have studied the problem of underperforming schools and have identified the problems, not as a lack of funds to attract the brightest and best educators, nor funds to see that children do not come to school hungry, nor funds for decaying physical plant, nor bloated and overpaid administrative staffs. The problem of course is the teachers, so much so that they applaud the firing of the entire faculty
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/03/02/obama_seeks_accountability_in_underachieving_schools/

Said the VERY liberal and VERY fair-minded, hell, VERY decent man Obama :
"In his speech, Obama said the firing of the entire faculty at a Rhode Island school is an example of how there has to be accountability. Officials in Central Falls decided last week to fire 93 high school teachers, administrators, and other support staff by the end of the year."

No. Nothing about the administrators who presided over the school's decline and then scapegoated and fired the workers. Accountability does not begin with the misdeeds of the Bush-Cheney regime, nor of the bankers who brought down the economic system. Our VERY smart president knows exactly who is to blame for this problem. It is the entire faculty of an underperforming school. Nevermind a serious infusion of funds to repair our failing human infrastructure. We have "Race to the Top" the newest gimmick replacing "No Child Left Behind" and "Vouchers". With demographic moves that make only suburban and private schooling of import, the goal is no longer genral excellence in public education. We can replace it by failing schools and rhetoric that indicates phony concern and scapegoating workers.
At least in Education policy our VERY bipartisan president has achieved his VERY bipartisan goals with Gingrich endorsing the policy with full-throated approval:
http://www.correntewire.com/bipartisanshit_obamas_education_policy_endorsed_newt_gingrich_al_sharpton

"The Black Agenda Report has been documenting the atrocities of the Obama education policy, including the traveling sales trio of Gingrich, Sharpton and Education Secretary Duncan. Now, why, you may ask, would Newt Gingrich endorse Obama's education policies? And shouldn't such an endorsement be a huge red flag to anyone who thinks government - and public schools - should and can work since, you know, Gingrich has spent his entire career working to destroy government.

There are at least two reasons that I can see why Gingrich - and any corporatist - would love Obama's education policies. First, Obama is giving away 4.35 billion dollars as part of the stimulus to try to improve schools. Good, right? But here's the catch, to be eligible for the giveaway, the state has to embrace charter schools. Now you might think that a big fancy study by Stanford University that found charter schools less successful overall than public schools would at least raise a question about whether pouring even more tax dollars into these private-run schools is a good idea, but you'd be wrong. Because, quite simply, there is no amount of empirical evidence that can stop bipartisan doubling down on bad policy (see, e.g., TARP). So even though there is no evidence charter schools do better than public schools (in fact, there's evidence of the opposite), you cannot get any of this additional money unless your state embraces charter schools. To be followed, of course, by studies which show charters, having gotten an extra $5 billion pumped into them, perform better than public education. At least, I'm sure that's what they're hoping will happen. It will make replacing your school board with a corporation so much easier."

What's $4B about what we spend in Iraq in 2 weeks?

We know where the money is.

And are still we kidding ourselves that our national security lies in competing against Iraqis and Afghanis while we ignore competition from China India?

In my state the teachers union sent teachers to Nevada (2500 miles) to work with ACORN to commit voter fraud. Now the schools are on furlow one Friday a month due to lack of funds.

I saw a story of a school in Califonia where one History class had had 12 teachers is 6 months, now considering the importance of teacher-student relationships, that is a confusing situation for even the brightest students.

Everybody thinks they know how to fix schools. There are educational fads, theories, demands, quick fixes. No one ever asks teachers or students what will work for them. It's always some overpaid consultant, or one of the ghouls who make a living going from district to district hiring on as superintendent for a few years, implementing their pet theories and moving on to greener pastures.

Simple steps to better schools: free early childhood education, all day kindergarten, smaller classes, better teacher education, administration geared to what is best for students, social services for kids who come to school hungry, sick, beaten, abused, from a shelter or sleeping in the car. Programs that involve parents, even those parents who don't have the time or the inclination to show up, mentors for teachers and for students, current materials, texts, and supplemental books, electronic literacy and computers that aren't 10 years old.

Even half of the list above would improve schools enormously. But this country only gives lip service to caring about children. Like so many other things in 21st century America, if you want a good education for your children, you are on your own.

Great stuff for writing my project in college. Good topic for my essay writing.

Reading this makes me sad
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I agree with you that starting immediately, the federal government should give states and local governments interest-free loans to make up for all school and university budget shortfalls. ReallyThe loans can be repaid when the recession is over and local and state tax revenues revive.

A tiny one half of one percent tax on all financial transactions would generate about $200 billion a year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.Trinity Arcade St Georges Terrace Perth Albedo Photography Perth Wedding Photographer.. That might put a crimp on Wall Street bonuses but it's enough to fund early childhood education, smaller K-12 classes, and lower tuitons and fees for public higher education.

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