Fwd: IN A STATE OF POLITICAL SHOCK

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Sent: Mon, Jan 18, 2010 4:57 pm
Subject: IN A STATE OF POLITICAL SHOCK

                                       by rickcosmos (aka Richard DePersio)

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We must be residing in a parallel universe: The Democratic Governor of New York standing tall before

union bosses. The federal government is offering additional educational funds to states if they can prove that they are creating or expanding creative and innovative educational programs.We feel faint. It must be a Twilight Zone/Parallel Universe combo. The offer is coming from the democratically-

controlled federal government! The Governor wants to expand the number of public charter schools

in the state from 200 to 460. We have been big proponents of charter schools for years, as opposed

to unions which hate these schools because they are successful and non-union. As Albert

Shanker, former head of the biggest teacher's union, said in 1985: "We'll care about the children 

want they're old enough to be union members and pay dues."

        National Standardized tests: on average private schools' (most of which are Catholic) children

score higher then charter school and home school kids who in turn score higher then those in

public magnet schools. Regular public schools bring up the rear. (although, they have shown some

improvement in recent years thanks to former President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" program

which make it more difficult for public school teachers from granting so-called 'social promotions

(promoting undeserving students in order to cover their butts - it wouldn't look good if too many

students failed their class) and by converting public schools into magnet or charter schools if the

school gets a failing grade three years in a row). Unions have successfully kept a low lid

on the number of charter schools for years.

      It goes to show you how incompetent regular public school teachers are when kids are

better off being taught in the home rather then the classroom. Will the democrats finally do the

right thing and make it easier for principals to fire incompetent teachers (unions have made it

extremely difficult for them to do so). Of course, democrats are being true to form in wanting to

make it more difficult for parents to home school their children. Why? Most home schooled kids

have religious parents and religion is a part of their curriculum. We can't expect too much of demo-

crats,after all, their not republicans. We should be glad that their beginning to see the educational light.

      Contrary to popular opinion, regular public school teachers only make on average 10% less

then police officers and firemen and their benefits and retirement packages are actually better.

Liberal myth: regular public schools aren't budgeted enough and teachers aren't paid enough.

They receive more money then magnet schools and magnet teachers who in turn receive more

the charter. Fascinating, isn't it. Liberals claim that the problem with regular public schools

is money. The problem with regular public schools is that they are jokes!

(Virtual schools are new and are only being experimented with in a few states. They are sort of

a charter/home hybrid. It's premature to pass judgement on them).