Comments on: Nationalizing Public Schools http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/ Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: molybdanthan http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-186 molybdanthan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:08:21 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-186 I know someone here wanted to know the answer. I know someone here wanted to know the answer.

]]> By: ocleverone http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-181 ocleverone Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:26 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-181 ]]> By: monstermom http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-180 monstermom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:32:27 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-180 but the primary sources are from state income taxes and local property taxes. Federal money is significant, but ranks third. Then there are grants from companies like Exxon (which totally supports fuzzy math), from the NSF (also 100% behind fuzzy programs), and grants from colleges and Universities. In PWC we know of one $80,000 grant for teacher certification which depended on the school district adopting TERC. We've submitted a FOIA asking about other grants and were slapped with a $600 charge to obtain that information. but the primary sources are from state income taxes and local property taxes. Federal money is significant, but ranks third. Then there are grants from companies like Exxon (which totally supports fuzzy math), from the NSF (also 100% behind fuzzy programs), and grants from colleges and Universities.

In PWC we know of one $80,000 grant for teacher certification which depended on the school district adopting TERC. We’ve submitted a FOIA asking about other grants and were slapped with a $600 charge to obtain that information.

]]> By: monstermom http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-179 monstermom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:27:24 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-179 Sorry! Here's a link to the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wX1-J Sorry! Here’s a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wX1-J

]]> By: monstermom http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-178 monstermom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:22:45 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-178 we've upgraded to Margaritas! Trust me, after 3 hours in a school board meeting being by TEACHERS that parents just need to sit down and shut up, I need a Margarita. Here are a few selected comments from one such board meeting. We had the audacity to ask that he school district offer parents a choice in how their children are taught math. We didn't want to disrupt the program the county administrators love, we just wanted them to offer a program we felt would better meet our kids needs. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wX1-J] My response to the teacher who said that spectators need to spectate, was that if I signed my kid up for basketball and the coach was teaching him soccer, I'd have a few words with the coach about what he was teaching my child. we’ve upgraded to Margaritas! Trust me, after 3 hours in a school board meeting being by TEACHERS that parents just need to sit down and shut up, I need a Margarita.

Here are a few selected comments from one such board meeting. We had the audacity to ask that he school district offer parents a choice in how their children are taught math. We didn’t want to disrupt the program the county administrators love, we just wanted them to offer a program we felt would better meet our kids needs.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6wX1-J]

My response to the teacher who said that spectators need to spectate, was that if I signed my kid up for basketball and the coach was teaching him soccer, I’d have a few words with the coach about what he was teaching my child.

]]> By: monstermom http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-177 monstermom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:11:53 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-177 the nuclear waste! Thanks for looking into the subject in more detail. Ocleverone - contact Delegate Bob Marshall about the situation in Stafford regarding textbook adoption. We contacted him about PWC and he agreed with us and sent the issue to the AG. Perhaps the AG would be more likely to conduct a formal investigation if he knows that the problem isn't isolated to PWC. the nuclear waste!

Thanks for looking into the subject in more detail.

Ocleverone - contact Delegate Bob Marshall about the situation in Stafford regarding textbook adoption. We contacted him about PWC and he agreed with us and sent the issue to the AG. Perhaps the AG would be more likely to conduct a formal investigation if he knows that the problem isn’t isolated to PWC.

]]> By: monstermom http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-176 monstermom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:06:10 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-176 means you're waiting too long. We need citizens, even grandparents and parents to be, to get involved in the fight. More than 50% of your local and state tax dollars go directly to the public schools, and the garbage they force on the kids today will be further entrenched when your kids arrive. In PWC we've been fighting TERC for several years now. We kinda felt superior to all the other states fighting against remedial math programs like TERC and EDM because the school system hadn't gone completely insane and adopted Connected math for middle school or Core plus for high school. We were wrong. Connected math (CMP) is now used in almost every PWC Middle School, Middle School teachers have received training in nothing but CMP, and we're powerless to stop it because the school system knows that the state and local school board don't require them to follow state or local regulations . Gotta love it - I have to pay my taxes and mow my lawn and put my garbage cans in at night, lest I get a fine or arrested, but the school system can do whatever it wants with no regard for the law and our elected officials just grin and nod their heads. means you’re waiting too long. We need citizens, even grandparents and parents to be, to get involved in the fight. More than 50% of your local and state tax dollars go directly to the public schools, and the garbage they force on the kids today will be further entrenched when your kids arrive.

In PWC we’ve been fighting TERC for several years now. We kinda felt superior to all the other states fighting against remedial math programs like TERC and EDM because the school system hadn’t gone completely insane and adopted Connected math for middle school or Core plus for high school.

We were wrong. Connected math (CMP) is now used in almost every PWC Middle School, Middle School teachers have received training in nothing but CMP, and we’re powerless to stop it because the school system knows that the state and local school board don’t require them to follow state or local regulations . Gotta love it - I have to pay my taxes and mow my lawn and put my garbage cans in at night, lest I get a fine or arrested, but the school system can do whatever it wants with no regard for the law and our elected officials just grin and nod their heads.

]]> By: Swamp_Yankee http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-175 Swamp_Yankee Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:52 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-175 The ABA is dominated by lawyers. Lawyers are a huge liberal voting block. What's dissappointing to me is that there "are no conservatives in this". They all rely on politics as their sole means of activism and change. Liberals own litigation just like they own academia. Influence the culture and you own the poltical landscape. That is the lesson to learn from Marxist. The ABA is dominated by lawyers. Lawyers are a huge liberal voting block.

What’s dissappointing to me is that there “are no conservatives in this”. They all rely on politics as their sole means of activism and change. Liberals own litigation just like they own academia.

Influence the culture and you own the poltical landscape. That is the lesson to learn from Marxist.

]]> By: mom2oneson http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-174 mom2oneson Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:26:05 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-174 capturing orders from people..it's even funner if they need to know something other than their food order, like their address. (insert the banging head against the wall smiley) To make it more exciting combine that with the wacky effeciency goals we discussed in the minimum wage thread! :) capturing orders from people..it’s even funner if they need to know something other than their food order, like their address. (insert the banging head against the wall smiley) To make it more exciting combine that with the wacky effeciency goals we discussed in the minimum wage thread! :)

]]> By: molybdanthan http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/2009/06/15/nationalizing-public-schools/#comment-173 molybdanthan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:13:18 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/monstermom/?p=22#comment-173 with it's one right answer. It would be a boon to society if we could better crunch those numbers . Part of the reason Wall ST and Penn Ave have gotten away with things is due to math. with it’s one right answer. It would be a boon to society if we could better crunch those numbers . Part of the reason Wall ST and Penn Ave have gotten away with things is due to math.

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