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femmocrat

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9. I disagree.

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 10:06 PM

Mar 2014

Obama had the chance to select a well-qualified Sec. of Education and chose his buddy, Duncan instead. Duncan then implemented RTTT which Obama supports and seems quite proud of.

If the president had wanted to reverse the course that bush took, he could have done so in 2009. Instead he took this "reformist" path which continues high-stakes testing and has morphed into increasingly punitive measures against teachers.

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Teacher Gets 58 Surprise Classroom Observations. [View all] Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 OP

How much you want to get that the principal doing the "pop-in visits" was a graduate of Squinch Mar 2014 #1

Not to......... MyOwnPeace Mar 2014 #2

This is why even school board is an important position ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2014 #4

he did win his case......... Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #3

Here is a link that proves he won the case... Stuart G Mar 2014 #5

Another Blame Obama post. Which underground is this? nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2014 #6

Oh, c'mon. :-( femmocrat Mar 2014 #7

The OP blames only Obama as if GWB & Republican Congress & red states have nothing to do with it. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2014 #8

I disagree. femmocrat Mar 2014 #9

I did that repping my union and I got one every Friday, drop bys, a principal roguevalley Mar 2014 #10

+1 "Like living through your own murder", as someone once described rape. Thanks for sharing. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #11