Posted on 02/03/2017 4:41:01 AM PST by abb
Which, of course, leads one to question...underqualified for what?
You’r missing the point entirely on this. She’s an implicit threat because she supports vouchers and charter schools.
What do you think that means for the power of teacher’s unions?
Vouchers are nothing more than our tax money being spent as we see fit as parents educating our children. Nothing more. Anything tied to vouchers (read our tax money) should not be tolerated. The government is not doing us any favors, we are doing them a favor by lessening the burden on the public schools and budgets.
Murkowski separately said she received thousands of calls from concerned constituents.Very cleverly stated by Murky KowskiAre there "thousands" of NEA employees in ALASKA?
Probably sereral 1000 of the calls were expressing positive statements about the candidate.
This woman and Collins are snakes.
>>compared to the others... I don’t get this one at all. She doesn’t seem all that bright.<<
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You’re not comparing against the right people. Try the other Department due for significant downsizing, i.e., DoE. I think Perry could give her a run for her money in the uninspiring category.
Remember, even the ‘27 Yankees had a few mediocrities, like Joe Dugan, third base (.229, 2, 43). They can’t all be Ruth and Gehrig!
To make themselves look good, hoping no one will notice when they vote against her.
Demturds and two RINOS more concerned about protecting bad teachers and NEA campaign contributions than your childrens education.
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Republican voters who supported these two RINOS should be calling their offices with threats to unseat them the next election cycle. The President should be really putting the pressure on them citing the common knowledge that they are the recipients of large donations from the teachers unions. In other words THEY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT like two cheap street walkers.
Senator Moran announced yesterday he was voting for her - so either that is an old post from your nephew, or he is uninformed.
They aren’t going to block her from getting her up or down vote even though they will vote to block her confirmation.
That’s good enough, though, to get her confirmed even though they are going to ultimately vote against her.
She didn’t come across to me as someone who could run a huge bureaucracy and reform it. The President will need to get some good deputies in there to assist with that.
He is a bit delusional. Cute but delusional.
Feb 01 2017
Sen. Moran Statement Following Meeting with Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) met with Betsy DeVos, nominee for Secretary of Education, in his Washington, D.C. office today and issued the following statement indicating his intention to support her confirmation:
I have had a number of serious concerns about Betsy DeVos nomination to be our next Secretary of Education. Those concerns have been echoed by Kansas educators and parents I have met with and heard from over the last several weeks. During our meeting today, I laid out several of my top concerns namely, the threat of a federally-mandated voucher program in our state, potentially insufficient enforcement and funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and more broadly, my desire to make certain that she shares my view about the limited role the federal government should play in education. Helping one group of students to find more opportunity should not come at the price of reducing the benefits of other students. High-performing schools be they rural, urban or suburban should determine how to best address their communitys unique educational needs rather than conform to broad, one-size-fits-all standards issued at the federal level, and I made that clear to her.
Ms. DeVos confirmed to me that there will be no federally-mandated voucher program in the state of Kansas. She reassured me that the state, local districts and school boards will retain their important role in administering our schools and determining our students curriculum. She shares my interest in pursuing full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to ensure that our students with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a quality education and pursue their goals. And lastly, she agrees that we must return control over our students education to the state and local levels by implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act as Congress intended.
Though I began our meeting unconvinced, I now expect to support her nomination knowing that, as Secretary of Education, Ms. DeVos will be working to make certain that all Kansas students are better off and that educational decisions are made by those who understand the unique needs of Kansas kids: educators, administrators and parents at the local level.
She’s not there to run it or reform it.
what happened to closing education department?
Go, Betsy!
she promised I think it was the senator from Kansas that there would be no federal voucher system- I am not exactly sure how that would work, but I really want to decentralize our education system-
The Dept of Education should be killed, but you need Congress to do that.
I just spent some time at Google, and apparently what she tried to do in Detroit has failed miserably. One article compared what was done there with success in New Orleans, wherein there is some kind of central mechanism for dealing with conflict issues. Also she seems to have been strong for Common Core, although she now says she is not. While there a lot of charter schools and private schools there are even more public schools, especially in large cities. Since she never has gone to a public school, and I’ll bet she never sent her kids to one she will have no idea how to help public schools. I know the goal is to get rid of public schools, but Trump got elected on helping the little guy and the neglected, and this is just going to create even more neglect.
In addition a current problem with public schools, and probably many charter schools is a serious lack of good vocational training for modern jobs. Last night I spoke with a large city government employment services employee who was attending a meeting about a large development project. I asked if the schools in that city were teaching electrical to the point where a graduate could take the Journeyman’s exam. He said they did not and that was a big problem. He said they didn’t even have apprentice level training. He called it pre-apprentice teaching and said he would really like to see a big change. Common Core is aimed at the College oriented, but lots of work is not of that type and if Trump is bringing back factories, schools should also be teaching those relevant skills.
The charter school model never aspired to that. At the onset their results were skewed because they got to select their students, so there was little or no need to educate special needs or low ability students. Extra curricular? In so many places charter school students can do those things in their local schools, at public expense. Meanwhile, charter schools (here in OH anyway) by law take more money per-student than what the public school spends on their education.
I don't think anyone is on the side of what it takes to improve public education.
That whole ‘flak thickest over the target’ thing and all....
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