Skip to comments.
Critics Say Education Dept. Is Favoring Political Right
The Washington Post ^
| January 2, 2004
| Michael Dobbs
Posted on 01/02/2004 7:49:12 PM PST by neverdem
Edited on 01/08/2004 6:46:07 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
[history]
When Arizona schools superintendent Lisa Graham Keegan and a group of predominantly conservative educators launched the Education Leaders Council (ELC) in 1995, their proclaimed goal was to upset an educational establishment long dominated by the Democrats and left-leaning teachers unions.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: baeo; education; edwardkennedy; elc; eugenehickok; k12; lisagrahamkeegan; nclb; nea; nochildleftbehind; roderickpaige; williambennett
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-30 next last
That's a pretty good whine for the start of 2004. Happy New Year!!!
1
posted on
01/02/2004 7:49:13 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: All
Rank |
Location |
Receipts |
Donors/Avg |
Freepers/Avg |
Monthlies |
24 |
South Carolina |
40.00
|
2
|
20.00
|
201
|
0.20
|
43.50
|
5
|
Thanks for donating to Free Republic!
Move your locale up the leaderboard!
2
posted on
01/02/2004 7:50:01 PM PST
by
Support Free Republic
(Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
To: neverdem
Aw, did we break into the leftists' personal little piggy bank? Are those incompetent fools at NEA getting a few million less now? Stop, you're breaking my heart.
3
posted on
01/02/2004 8:02:59 PM PST
by
Bonaparte
To: neverdem
Bwaaaaahahahahahahahaha
And I couldn't read more than the title.
4
posted on
01/02/2004 8:03:36 PM PST
by
BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
To: neverdem
nonsense... conservatives would abolish the Department.... duh.
5
posted on
01/02/2004 8:06:07 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The French just can't stop being French.)
To: neverdem
Well doesn't that bite. After 60 years of leftist philosophy the ship is turning starboard.
It must suck to be liberal this year.
To: neverdem
Conservatives would abolish the Department of Education. It would be nice to have some conservatives in DC
7
posted on
01/02/2004 8:12:12 PM PST
by
luckydevi
To: neverdem
FYI California conservatives, Lisa Graham Keegan is a top education advisor to Governor Arnold.
8
posted on
01/02/2004 8:15:11 PM PST
by
xeno
To: neverdem
Good going! If there is one thing the Right can do to cement our victory, it would be to defund the NEA and all the other freedom-stealing wreckers on the Left. Gingrich tried and failed. Could a second Bush administration with a solid Senate and House majority do it? They could if they wanted to.
-ccm
9
posted on
01/02/2004 8:15:44 PM PST
by
ccmay
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: Semper Paratus
When 60 years of liberal teaching is constantly leading us into darker and darker territory it time to hire a new guide.
11
posted on
01/02/2004 8:33:19 PM PST
by
oyez
(Incredible!)
To: Semper Paratus
And we're barely into January...wait until November to see some REALLY depressed lefties!;)
To: oyez
One would have to wonder about the administrator not having the system to handle the data. Yale, huh?
Leno mentioned the other night about the BCS system. USC had the best graduation rate of any other teams. Its ironic that the group most likely to be able operate a computer gets screwed by a computer.
13
posted on
01/02/2004 9:02:12 PM PST
by
oyez
(Incredible!)
To: neverdem
The No Child Left Behind law stipulates that every student has the right to a "fully qualified" teacher, a requirement that has strained traditional teacher training colleges. That says it all. Turning out qualified teachers is a terrible strain on colleges. Give me a break. One more reason to pony up the cash to send my kids to private school.
To: Bonaparte
LOL.
To: neverdem
"People for the American Way." A more deceptively-named organization could never be found. I suggest they call it "People for the Communist Way." Then it would be accurately-named. We want to be precise in our speech, don't we now.
To: luckydevi
Conservatives would abolish the Department of Education. It would be nice to have some conservatives in DCLet's abolish public education, too.
To: luckydevi
Conservatives would abolish the Department of Education. It would be nice to have some conservatives in DC.I think most conservatives would rather fight for control of the DEd. This is why there is no lobby for making government smaller; only lobbies for pushing the government in various directions.
18
posted on
01/02/2004 9:17:35 PM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: luckydevi; seamole
Newt was great in 1994. It's too bad he couldn't figure out a way to kill the Dept. of Ed.
I don't know what to make of his support for the Prescription Drug Benefit in order to reform Medicare. There seems to be so few hard-core conservatives among the pubbies lately.
19
posted on
01/02/2004 9:21:50 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
Too much whine; no cheese! - EDUCATION
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-30 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson