tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7965220608149373881..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: FL: Another Charter ScamPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-37286550458216782362015-10-08T07:59:48.767-04:002015-10-08T07:59:48.767-04:00Carlin was the best.Carlin was the best.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-73320598081165742362015-10-07T21:48:42.892-04:002015-10-07T21:48:42.892-04:00Dear Mr. Peter Greene,
So we have Arne Duncan lea...Dear Mr. Peter Greene,<br /><br />So we have Arne Duncan leaving his position. What does that mean? Is this a little ray of hope that he is leaving before all Hell breaks loose? And go below for the George Carlin quote. Is all Hell about to break loose as far as all the multiple scams: scam charter schools, scam deals with testing companies, scam deals with tech companies. I trust you will report if anyone else digs down.<br /><br />George Carlin would have liked it:<br /><br />“I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.” Comedy Gold.<br /><br />It is very subtle who is connected to who. Thank you for everything you do, Sir.<br /><br />A fan,<br /><br />Leila<br /><br />Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447044081130341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20610843863412723822015-10-07T21:14:03.903-04:002015-10-07T21:14:03.903-04:00Dear Mr. Sampson:
When my older son was in High S...Dear Mr. Sampson:<br /><br />When my older son was in High School, they put on "The Music Man." I was one of the Town-folk, "Pick a Little, Talk a Little!" I am also old enough to remember "The Sting." Ha, Ha, YES! That is exactly the scam mentality going on here!<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />LeilaLeilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447044081130341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-30419894118432311042015-10-07T18:14:40.774-04:002015-10-07T18:14:40.774-04:00Charter schools studied the methods of Harold Hill...Charter schools studied the methods of Harold Hill and the con men of The Sting. They are very good at selling parents on enrolling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-60721091736451172722015-10-07T16:36:14.970-04:002015-10-07T16:36:14.970-04:00Dear Mr. Greene:
Yeah-after the Depression, banki...Dear Mr. Greene:<br /><br />Yeah-after the Depression, banking fraud was held in check by various Regulatory Acts, until bankers figured they could pay off legislators to get rid of all of those pesky rules.<br /><br />The scam charters are using the reputation of public schools because, yes, for a hundred years, schools have had competent teachers following a curriculum designed to cover the material.<br /> <br />I'm thinking of Papal Indulgences and telemarketing ministries right now, because the only thing more outrageous than using the good reputation of public schools is using the good reputation of God. Bankers ...meh...always have been suspect. “Some people rob you with a fountain pen.”<br /><br />But also: John King...there to take the fall? I'm probably way too eager to think, that, as Mr. Duncan is moving swiftly out the door, it signifies his house of cards is wobbling. Speculation, anyone? Dish, please!<br /><br />LeilaLeilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447044081130341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34007893369969634952015-10-07T15:00:14.564-04:002015-10-07T15:00:14.564-04:00I think charter marketing benefits from the assump...I think charter marketing benefits from the assumptions people make about a place called a "school." It will always be there. It's run by people, and staffed by people, whose qualifications have been checked by the state. And because they are a government entity, surely they won't tell the kind of bald-faced advertising lies that people selling snake oil would.<br /><br />It's similar to the pre-2008 years when so many people assumed that major financial institutions wouldn't flat out lie and cheat.<br /><br />Parents are behind the learning curve at the moment, and have not yet all caught on to how much due diligence is necessary when dealing with a charter.Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-24420084773808122015-10-07T14:44:57.189-04:002015-10-07T14:44:57.189-04:00Dear Dienne,
Well, yes. Except these people were ...Dear Dienne,<br /><br />Well, yes. Except these people were sold something by people who are experts not in education but in very dishonest marketing. They are GOOD at marketing. This is a new venue for scam artists, though. What middle class mom or pop has ever said, “Yeah, my public school lied to us. They just took our community money and closed up. I didn't even have a third grade. I (sniff,) never learned my multiplication tables. All those times I ...I...“solved” problems to help you with your homework? ...just guesses. Bawll!!! I'm so ashamed!” <br /><br />No. The common experience in public schools was to have had competent teachers and a school or district curriculum that ensured that each grade level covered the material. The idea that public schools are “failing” was, and is, a very long term marketing strategy, and no one was ready for it.<br /><br />So, totally new thing! They are being taken in by a scam approved by all the officials from the Secretary of the Department of Education, through the Sate Departments of Education, and even on down to the local charter school approval boards, although it's worth noting that the local school board in this case does not seem to be very happy to have had to approve the Paramount School. I'm not sure the entire education structure has ever had a scandal. Can anyone think of one? We're just beginning to see this corruption get exposed. You kinda wonder if Arne Duncan is tip-toeing away right before the deluge. That would not surprise me in the least.<br /> <br />LeilaLeilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447044081130341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1888816365824406152015-10-07T09:38:36.623-04:002015-10-07T09:38:36.623-04:00I don't know, I guess I'm not being politi...I don't know, I guess I'm not being politically correct and I'm blaming the victim, but what the hell kind of parent enrolls their child in such a school and what kind keeps them there? I visited my children's school several times before I ever enrolled them. I talked to many different admins, teachers and current parents. I toured the classrooms and watched classes in action. I have been in at least weekly personal contact ever since. If my child came home saying all they do is draw pictures all day, I'd be all over that like flies on, well, you know.<br /><br />How bad do you have to think public schools are in order to think that this is a better alternative? How much kool-aid do you have to drink? And sorry, but how ignorant do you have to be?Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.com