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AJT

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3. They are following the lead of US states like Wisconsin under GOP control.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2019, 07:36 PM

Sep 2019

Demonize teachers(they are overpaid babysitters) create resentment of teacher pay and benefits being paid by taxpayers and dangle "choice" ie privately held charter schools, in front of people to make them believe that public funds should go to for profit schools.

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Are they trying to debase public schools so they can do charter schools? [View all] applegrove Sep 2019 OP

lose positions? as in cancelling all those classes? nt msongs Sep 2019 #1

Bigger class size will reduce attention per student. I wonder what classes will be mandatory? applegrove Sep 2019 #2

They are following the lead of US states like Wisconsin under GOP control. AJT Sep 2019 #3

And Jason Kenny in Alberta has stopped public schools from using the word "public" applegrove Sep 2019 #4

The right started calling public schools "government schools". AJT Sep 2019 #5

Thanks for this. applegrove Sep 2019 #6