tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post600188019545175855..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: The BallastPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-3861543288411179162015-05-19T15:52:51.905-04:002015-05-19T15:52:51.905-04:00Perhaps an even more apt analogy can be found when...Perhaps an even more apt analogy can be found when the masters of overcrowded slave ships decided at the half-way point of the journey to throw overboard to drown the weakest of the surplus, keeping only the most marketable to finish the trip.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638407188029929247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-33578877872762601992015-05-18T21:32:06.485-04:002015-05-18T21:32:06.485-04:00Once again, brilliant.Once again, brilliant.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13486532208802535162015-05-18T17:13:38.821-04:002015-05-18T17:13:38.821-04:00Another excellent column, Peter. Here's a twi...Another excellent column, Peter. Here's a twist to the "grit and determination" story that was in our paper yesterday. Note: the article was underwritten by the Ford Foundation; Renaissance Journalism is pro-privatization/pro-charter. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/from-top-of-her-class-at-riverview-to-a-harder/article_7ff8f8c6-5b8e-5054-85dc-3de1778782ae.html Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323605251782621832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-10602622511040864142015-05-18T09:46:39.089-04:002015-05-18T09:46:39.089-04:00As long as these charters are "public charter...As long as these charters are "public charters," they are mandated to align to the Common Core and all that goes with the Initiative. So what is the difference if you remain in the public school classroom or get the new, shiny building that looks like Google Headquarters in CA. Every American child is under the indoctrinational fist of the nationalized curriculum. And when the public dollars "follow the child" and children decide they want to go to a private school, then that private school is under the federal fist too. The CCSSI in ALL encompassing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160859997155354250noreply@blogger.com