See the previous post, puppetmaster.Lol...what goal is that? I'll let you dance on my strings, for my amusement, before I straighten out your hysteria.
People often say education isn't a good as it used to be.In our school system lesson plans and curriculum materials are already posted on line. Parents and advocacy groups are free to download them.
On the other hand if they want personal copies from the school we charge them (which is allowed under FOIA) based on the hourly rate of the person that has to compile the data, and duplicating fees for the copying/printing of the materials.
As to other "internal documents", emails, memos, etc. - Those are available again via FOIA at a fee.
WW
And then these same people will claim that the schools are not spending enough time teaching their students.
Just curious, did teachers when you were a kid publish their lesson plans for the public?I think people are missing the point. Why are public school curriculums, lesson plans, and educational materials so top secret that they require a Freedom Of Information Act request to access?
I think people are missing the point. Why are public school curriculums, lesson plans, and educational materials so top secret that they require a Freedom Of Information Act request to access?
They're not.I think people are missing the point. Why are public school curriculums, lesson plans, and educational materials so top secret that they require a Freedom Of Information Act request to access?
Yeah, I just saw on a video of the board meeting what they said they've spent. I am not on the board - so perhaps I'm wrong about what the costs are for, etc. I do know that they've been inundated from a friend of mine that works as an admin at the school and tells me in conversation. It is almost daily that they receive numerous OPRA requests - all from the same group of individuals. At this point, I think the purpose of these people is to be a nuisance, not actually find out actual information.
This is just what the MAGAt Reich wants.
Correct, they get mad instead of being smart. That is what you call a teachable moment, when the parent engages the kid in conversation on the subject. Except that it appears that these types of parents are undereducated in which case they deserve no say in what their children are being taught.When little Johnny comes home and he tells his parents that he should be ashamed of being Caucasian, parents tent to get mad.
It's not just the parents. It's right-wing groups astroturfing, and basically trying to wreck the public school system, by clogging it up with unreasonable requests.These stupid parents are wasting the 3 greatest resources schools have : TIME, MONEY, EFFORT
People often say education isn't a good as it used to be.
If so let's go back to the way we used to do it. Get off of teachers backs. Treat them as caring professionals who can make their own decisions about what to teach and how.
Cut back on the constant testing.
But no......"education is not as good as it used to be.....but we absolutely cannot do it the way we used to do it"
The schools brought this on themselves by refusing to be transparent.There was a concerted effort among right-wingers to do the same thing with election offices - flood them with requests for information in order to find loopholes for questioning the results. This is probably a similar effort - not so much in wanting to know what is taught, but wanting to look for things to criticize and create fear and panic among parents about the dreaded and omnipotent left-wing indoctrination. These government agencies generally get occasional requests for information but are not used to these onslaughts generated by groups seeking to undermine their respective missions.
They don't care.In terms of FOIA, we can typically recover costs.
The real problem with nuisance FOIA requests is your can't recover the time the staff has to take putting it together. Time spent doing OPRA/FOIA vs. - you know - doing the job they were hired for.
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Schools didn't "refuse to be transperant"The schools brought this on themselves by refusing to be transparent.
Of course they did. That’s why people have to go through the FOIA to get information from them.Schools didn't "refuse to be transperant"
Of course they did
And here we see a classic example of the problem.Correct, they get mad instead of being smart. That is what you call a teachable moment, when the parent engages the kid in conversation on the subject. Except that it appears that these types of parents are undereducated in which case they deserve no say in what their children are being taught.
So happy to see that you acknowledge the impact of bad parenting on a child's learning.And here we see a classic example of the problem.
Shame on them for demanding transparencyThese stupid parents are wasting the 3 greatest resources schools have : TIME, MONEY, EFFORT
Media Matters bashing Conservatives....how is this something new?I have an inkling there's a tactic here that's being spread by folks like these:
Apple or Google is already doing thatI wonder if they spend this much time monitering Johnny's phone?
Nah, they do it to be a nuisance and disruptive.Of course they did. That’s why people have to go through the FOIA to get information from them.
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