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The 912 Project - Glenn Beck

912 Group of Central Ohio

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There is no disputing that America’s teachers unions -- in particular, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers -- are the most organized and powerful voices in education politics. There are groups of people that care more deeply about public schools (parents, most notably) but they lack the coordination and vast resources that teachers unions have at their disposal.

According to the New York Times, an international comparison finds that the United States has the worst educational quality per dollar spent on schooling, ranking 18th in reading and 28th in math.

Why are we getting so little for our money?

http://www.teachersunionexposed.com/

"We are not required to inform parents in advance of teaching units that include same gender parents or required to release students when such topics are discussed," Ash told the parent in an e-mail posted by Mass Resistance. "The appeals court dismissed the claim that parents have a right to require the school provide advance notice or the right to remove their children.

Don't fool yourself, denying school choice has only two objectives: Protect the teacher's union at all cost and allow for the far Left agenda of social indoctrination. They can't read, they can't add, but they will understand IS's agenda of man on man sex being the spice of life.

 

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

They can't read, they can't add, but they will understand IS's agenda of man on man sex being the spice of life.

Are you talking about the teachers or the students?

"Dr. Thomas Sowell addresses the issue in his book "Inside American Education." In 1980-81, students majoring in education scored lower on both the verbal and math portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than students majoring in any other subject. Only 7 percent of high-school seniors with SAT scores in the top 20 percent, and 13 percent in the next quintile, chose to major in education. At the other end of the academic spectrum, more than half of those with SAT scores in the lowest 20 percent chose education as a major. Eighty-five percent of high SAT-scoring students who actually become teachers leave after a brief career."

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams041999.asp

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

School Choice – Now More Than Ever

By JASON RILEY

This week's revelation that 17 of the nation's 50 largest cities have high school graduation rates below 50% surely saddened many. But it surprised few people attuned to the state of U.S. public education. Proponents of education choice have long believed that dropout rates fall when families can pick the schools best suited for their children.

So news that Sol Stern, a veteran advocate of school choice, is having second thoughts about the ability of market forces to improve education outcomes is noteworthy. Mr. Stern explains his change of heart in the current issue of the indispensable City Journal, a quarterly magazine published by the Manhattan Institute. And his revised views on the school choice movement warrant a response.

Inside of two decades, charter school enrollment in the U.S. has climbed to 1.1 million from zero. Two tiny voucher programs in Maine and Vermont blossomed into 21 programs in 13 states and the District of Columbia. Tuition tax credits, once puny and rare, are now sizeable and commonplace. The idea that teacher pay should be based on performance, not just seniority, is gaining ground. Not bad for a small band of education reformers facing skepticism from the liberal media and outright hostility from well-funded, politically connected heavies like the National Education Association.

So I was surprised to see these impressive school choice gains diminished by Mr. Stern, an education scholar at the Manhattan Institute who has spent so many years chronicling them.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1207359142...ew_and_outlooks

People are voting with their feet:

CHARTERS, VOUCHERS
Student exodus costing district

Columbus City Schools are losing students to charter schools and private schools faster than district officials predicted, requiring financial planners to cut other budgeted spending.

Since last school year, the district has lost 2,003 students to charter schools and private schools through vouchers.

The district budgeted for a loss of about 1,250 students, with an expected cost of about $77 million. Columbus schools will lose $7 million more than that.

The total general fund budget for the district is $667 million.

"We're running behind," Budget Director Robyn Essman recently told a committee of district officials and residents. "In and of itself, it's not something we control. But it's something we have to cover."

About 10,692 students in the Columbus school district attend charters. An additional 1,806 use vouchers to pay for private-school tuition. About 52,000 attend district public schools.

School districts must deduct a certain amount of money for each charter and voucher student from their state funding. They predict those deductions before each school year and record them as expenditures in their annual budgets.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/04/charters.ART_ART_04-04-09_A1_4KDF26N.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

So when are we forming/opening the Ronald Wilson Reagan School of Western Thought?