tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5407600282298022694..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: ESSA: All New Baloney! Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-49073986865102538122015-12-10T19:27:03.643-05:002015-12-10T19:27:03.643-05:00I very kindly wrote to my senators with what I con...I very kindly wrote to my senators with what I considered a reasoned argument to vote against ESSA. Both my Republican Senator and my Democratic Senator voted "yea" (I will now send the same reasoned argument in the hopes that the Prez will veto it).<br /><br />On the other hand, the tea-party representative who represents me in the house and who has hardly ever voted the way I wanted him to in the years he's been there, voted against the House version.<br /><br />Go figure...Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854925612517206979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-38361677319667319942015-12-10T08:48:33.512-05:002015-12-10T08:48:33.512-05:00These "goals" remind me of the behavior...These "goals" remind me of the behavioral objectives I was forced to write years ago...vague, all-encompassing and high-faluting talk for "it sounds good but no way it hell will it work for the 100% of the kids." Teachers will continue trying to do their jobs and non-educators will continue to blame them when yet another of their programs fails. Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354619377245004707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-15192438331387903392015-12-09T21:52:40.327-05:002015-12-09T21:52:40.327-05:00You are correct. Thanks. Will fix!You are correct. Thanks. Will fix!Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-59366365355033299702015-12-09T21:25:43.789-05:002015-12-09T21:25:43.789-05:00I think you meant to say John King in the beginnin...I think you meant to say John King in the beginning when referring to our farce of an "acting" Ed secretary....of course John White (who I have to endure along with his lies living in Louisiana.) is the exact same as John King so I can see how easy it is to just type his name. Always love reading your take on everything!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243674109545713959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-65842111241253963342015-12-09T15:49:43.390-05:002015-12-09T15:49:43.390-05:00This morning, the DOE posted a new picture and quo...This morning, the DOE posted a new picture and quote on their Google+ page. Ironically, the quote is "Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats<br />What hypocrisy! In the same ball park as Duncan sending his kids to the University of Chicago Lab School--founded by John Dewey!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460639229043860740noreply@blogger.com