Posted on 05/24/2010 8:59:54 AM PDT by Steve495
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is asking Congress to put politics and ideology aside – for the good of the children – and come up with $23 billion to save education in America. What did you really expect would happen? The $100 billion in stimulus funding was just the tip of the iceberg.
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Schools these days are top heavy. Unions are in control. He is not saving education, he is saving unions.
It’s not about the kids.
The Public School Bailout. Piss even more people off especially since taxpayers are rejecting school budget proposals at an incredible rate.
Just like they “saved” the economy?
Public education is a 19th century paradigm that has outlived it’s usefulness. It should be completely gutted. Maybe a force of educated “guidance trainers” could work in conjunction with parents to help them with curriculum and computer/internet tools.
Shut down the Dept of Education, cut the Federal Government by half. A good start.
>>...or the good of the children – and come up with $23 billion to save education in America.<<
Yeah. I believe it is those same children who will end up paying it back with a fair amount of interest tacked on.
No thanks.
there is too much money in education. se don’t need more money. we also don’t nbeed teachers union or education associations who don’t care about education or the children. government schools are indoctrination centers.
no its not about kids..its about big government and retirement packages. Its about doing bad at an assured job. its about syphoning off dollars from eduction for crooked politican and lowering the standard some more.
I have a better idea.
Abolish the Department of Education. They’ve been around for decades with no positive achievements to show for it.
Return the money that would normally go to the Dept. of Education and let the states raise their own money for schools.
Screw schools!!! SAVE OUR REPUBLIC!
LLS
Education is properly a state matter, and the Federal Government has no business meddling in it. In addition, one of the steps the Nazis took when taking over Germany was to federalize the school systems of the various German states... The federal Department of Education obviously needs abolishing in order to properly preserve federalism...
Seriously? I don’t know if we can all take too much more “saving”.
The federal Government?????? Hell they are what is wrong with everything in this country!!! NO NO please stop do not touch it, instead let the Private sector work it out.
Riiiiight... because they’ve done such a great job so far. Who did they think has been in charge of the overall collapse of childhood learning in America... the private sector?
Hawaii could get $91M for school jobs under bill now in Congress___ Federal bill aims to help reduce education cuts, teacher layoffs across U.S.
More power and control going to the feds. Now they can do to the public education system what they’ve done to social security. Cradle to grave.
Properly it’s a local issue. Historically it’s a local issue. All the bullshit court precedents set recently suggesting that school funding is a state issue is just that, bullshit. The further school control and school funding gets from the parent the less constitutional it is.
Oh boy! Ping for later.
bailout bump
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