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The GOP has been cutting education funding, all while trying to increase money towards our already bloated military. They are trying to eliminate successful teachers, in order to shovel money towards privately owned charter schools. They have even created vouchers which allow their parents to avoid paying taxes to public schools, and send their children to young-earth creationist run religious "education."
The GOP hates when citizens are educated. They know that educated citizens don't vote for the backwards republican party. They don't want the youth of their states getting into college, since at college, they will be introduced to new ideas, cultures, and beliefs which will expose the gop for the bigoted incompetent crooks they are.
Fortunately, the gop is dying out. Just not soon enough to save the future of millions of children in the education system they have utterly destroyed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...her-there-simply-is-a-lot-working-against-us/
The GOP has been cutting education funding, all while trying to increase money towards our already bloated military. They are trying to eliminate successful teachers, in order to shovel money towards privately owned charter schools. They have even created vouchers which allow their parents to avoid paying taxes to public schools, and send their children to young-earth creationist run religious "education."
The GOP hates when citizens are educated. They know that educated citizens don't vote for the backwards republican party. They don't want the youth of their states getting into college, since at college, they will be introduced to new ideas, cultures, and beliefs which will expose the gop for the bigoted incompetent crooks they are.
Fortunately, the gop is dying out. Just not soon enough to save the future of millions of children in the education system they have utterly destroyed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...her-there-simply-is-a-lot-working-against-us/
The GOP has been cutting education funding, all while trying to increase money towards our already bloated military. They are trying to eliminate successful teachers, in order to shovel money towards privately owned charter schools. They have even created vouchers which allow their parents to avoid paying taxes to public schools, and send their children to young-earth creationist run religious "education."
The GOP hates when citizens are educated. They know that educated citizens don't vote for the backwards republican party. They don't want the youth of their states getting into college, since at college, they will be introduced to new ideas, cultures, and beliefs which will expose the gop for the bigoted incompetent crooks they are.
Fortunately, the gop is dying out. Just not soon enough to save the future of millions of children in the education system they have utterly destroyed
"We hate public education! Let's cut funding and that will make them be more efficient and teach more effectively! That means that if we give the schools less money, our kids will be taught more effectively!"
And when the grades don't get better, what happens?
"See? Public education doesn't work! We cut their funding to make them be more efficient, and then the grades got worse!"
Of course, the one strategy that Must Never Be Considered is "properly funding schools and paying teachers what they're worth."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...her-there-simply-is-a-lot-working-against-us/
The GOP has been cutting education funding, all while trying to increase money towards our already bloated military. They are trying to eliminate successful teachers, in order to shovel money towards privately owned charter schools. They have even created vouchers which allow their parents to avoid paying taxes to public schools, and send their children to young-earth creationist run religious "education."
The GOP hates when citizens are educated. They know that educated citizens don't vote for the backwards republican party. They don't want the youth of their states getting into college, since at college, they will be introduced to new ideas, cultures, and beliefs which will expose the gop for the bigoted incompetent crooks they are.
Fortunately, the gop is dying out. Just not soon enough to save the future of millions of children in the education system they have utterly destroyed
"We hate public education! Let's cut funding and that will make them be more efficient and teach more effectively! That means that if we give the schools less money, our kids will be taught more effectively!"
And when the grades don't get better, what happens?
"See? Public education doesn't work! We cut their funding to make them be more efficient, and then the grades got worse!"
Of course, the one strategy that Must Never Be Considered is "properly funding schools and paying teachers what they're worth."
Nice strawman, except it's not true, well, anywhere. All the states out West here are paying more for public education than we ever have and getting less result than we ever have. Learning to be PC has replaced learning reading writing and arithmetic.
Who hates public education?
Really?
You've been politically active for how long, yet you haven't heard the hue and cry among conservatives for vouchers for private schools, for for-profit schools, for cutting public school funding, for spending taxpayer dollars on religious schools, for the dissolution of the Department of Education, for not having national standards but instead allowing states to set their own standards (and have you seen what a lot of Texas school board members support?)...
...C'mon, now, TB - you do know what I'm talking about. You're intelligent and well-read and politically-aware, and that's why I really don't think there's a need to spoon-feed you information on any of those above.
Really?
You've been politically active for how long, yet you haven't heard the hue and cry among conservatives for vouchers for private schools, for for-profit schools, for cutting public school funding, for spending taxpayer dollars on religious schools, for the dissolution of the Department of Education, for not having national standards but instead allowing states to set their own standards (and have you seen what a lot of Texas school board members support?)...
...C'mon, now, TB - you do know what I'm talking about. You're intelligent and well-read and politically-aware, and that's why I really don't think there's a need to spoon-feed you information on any of those above.
There is zero constitutional merit for the department of education.
Yes, the idea of vouchers as an alternative to public schools for people who want them have been pushed by some from both parties.
As more and more Democrats have embraced that simple fact—that it’s unfair to punish some children because of things over which they have no control, like we’re they’re born—the party has seen a massive increase in the number of school choice supporters. Morality knows no politics, and many have seen their moral compass point them in the direction of giving children a chance. Democratic mayors, governors, and elected officials in legislative bodies both in Washington and in the states have begun to embrace doing what’s best for kids.
The Democratic Case for School Choice, and How It's Defying Traditional Party Breakdowns
Who hates public schools?
You pointed out one article concerning one of the factors I presented. What about the other five?
Again, TB, yeah, you do know what I'm talking about. You can try all day long to try to deny it, but if y'all had y'all's way, there'd be no public schools - they'd all be private...and only for those who could afford them.
Instead of posting what you Just Know to be true because conservatism-good-liberalism-bad...try posting educational attainment rates of red states as compared to those of blue states, and then we'll talk.
In other words, use hard data instead of your own assumptions.
There's zero constitutional merit for the Clean Air Act, either...but we all live longer, healthier lives if we can breathe more easily.
Not true. The government's role is to protect us. Clean air is protecting our health.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...her-there-simply-is-a-lot-working-against-us/
The GOP has been cutting education funding, all while trying to increase money towards our already bloated military. They are trying to eliminate successful teachers, in order to shovel money towards privately owned charter schools. They have even created vouchers which allow their parents to avoid paying taxes to public schools, and send their children to young-earth creationist run religious "education."
The GOP hates when citizens are educated. They know that educated citizens don't vote for the backwards republican party. They don't want the youth of their states getting into college, since at college, they will be introduced to new ideas, cultures, and beliefs which will expose the gop for the bigoted incompetent crooks they are.
Fortunately, the gop is dying out. Just not soon enough to save the future of millions of children in the education system they have utterly destroyed
And helping our population to be as well-educated as possible isn't also protecting not only our health, but also our general welfare?
"We hate public education! Let's cut funding and that will make them be more efficient and teach more effectively! That means that if we give the schools less money, our kids will be taught more effectively!"
And when the grades don't get better, what happens?
"See? Public education doesn't work! We cut their funding to make them be more efficient, and then the grades got worse!"
Of course, the one strategy that Must Never Be Considered is "properly funding schools and paying teachers what they're worth."
What a teacher is worth is not for you to decide.
When you have a 1000 positions open and 10,000 qualified applicants, you are paying too much.
When you have A 1000 positions open and 500 qualified applicants, you are paying too little.
"We hate public education! Let's cut funding and that will make them be more efficient and teach more effectively! That means that if we give the schools less money, our kids will be taught more effectively!"
And when the grades don't get better, what happens?
"See? Public education doesn't work! We cut their funding to make them be more efficient, and then the grades got worse!"
Of course, the one strategy that Must Never Be Considered is "properly funding schools and paying teachers what they're worth."
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