The Good News Is Bad
The bad news is all my gushing yesterday about a stray report in an educational magazine was for naught. Apparently the pressures on real fast to get both parties in line with those making lots of $$$ from NCLB:
So, again, it doesn't matter which party. They're both in it for the rich to get richer. Anyone want to guess why the two largest textbook companies merged into a super-mega text book company? (Houghton Miflin & Harcourt). Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Reading first flat out told school districts to use them or not accept federal money? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the guy in charge of Reading first worked for these textbook companies? No one of either party would listen when we were screaming out against monopolizing our children's by a single entity? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the children we taught to think in the 70's and 80's were refusing to join the military because they were able to analyze for themselves that the military was no longer protecting our country but a few key American corporations? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the military needs to dumb down our citizenry so they will join whatever war machine necessary to protect the financial interests of the few?
I had the privilege of hearing the speeches from the democratic convention all via podcast & was uplifted by the rhetoric - they truly pretend very well to be concerned about the interests of common people. Hillary's speech was especially stirring, though Barack got a few good ones in about his grandmother, etc. In the end it rings empty because their speeches are not reinforced by the platform they adopted. The platform is easily available as a pdf file from the dnc website.
anyway, I had one good day of gushing - I shoulda known better, but it felt good to feel good for awhile.
The website for the complete text of the quote I borrowed is: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2008/09/gop_moderate.html - There's a picture of Michael N. Castle smiling as he says the things he says in honor of the people finacing his speech. As always - follow the money. Sad.
GOP Moderate Expects McCain to Back NCLB
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Rep. Michael N. Castle, a key moderate member of the House education committee, says that President Bush dropped the ball on education policy after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. But he expects that either Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama will support retaining the federal law's commitment to accountability if elected president.
"I believe very strongly we need a president of the United States who is focused on education," Rep. Castle, a Delaware Republican, said Tuesday at an education forum in Minneapolis. "I do not believe we've had that president of late."
So, again, it doesn't matter which party. They're both in it for the rich to get richer. Anyone want to guess why the two largest textbook companies merged into a super-mega text book company? (Houghton Miflin & Harcourt). Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Reading first flat out told school districts to use them or not accept federal money? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the guy in charge of Reading first worked for these textbook companies? No one of either party would listen when we were screaming out against monopolizing our children's by a single entity? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the children we taught to think in the 70's and 80's were refusing to join the military because they were able to analyze for themselves that the military was no longer protecting our country but a few key American corporations? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the military needs to dumb down our citizenry so they will join whatever war machine necessary to protect the financial interests of the few?
I had the privilege of hearing the speeches from the democratic convention all via podcast & was uplifted by the rhetoric - they truly pretend very well to be concerned about the interests of common people. Hillary's speech was especially stirring, though Barack got a few good ones in about his grandmother, etc. In the end it rings empty because their speeches are not reinforced by the platform they adopted. The platform is easily available as a pdf file from the dnc website.
anyway, I had one good day of gushing - I shoulda known better, but it felt good to feel good for awhile.
The website for the complete text of the quote I borrowed is: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2008/09/gop_moderate.html - There's a picture of Michael N. Castle smiling as he says the things he says in honor of the people finacing his speech. As always - follow the money. Sad.
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