tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post8959991175691262459..comments2024-03-28T05:37:00.890-04:00Comments on the daily howler: WHERE THE TEST SCORES ARE: Explaining what Bill Keller said!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-69455140238652875912016-09-23T16:37:45.425-04:002016-09-23T16:37:45.425-04:00This is the most wonderful thing i have ever exper...This is the most wonderful thing i have ever experienced. I visited a forum here on the internet on the 17 APRIL 2016, and i saw a marvelous testimony of Tracie Aldana from United States on the forum about the good works DR OSEMU. I never believed it, because have never heard anything about such miracle before. No body would have been able to convince me about it not until DR OSEMU did a marvelous work for me that restored my marriage of 4 years by getting back my divorced wife just as i read on the internet. Am Brooklyn Gray from USA. I was truly shocked when my wife knelt down pleading for forgiveness to accept her back. I am really short of words to use to show my appreciation to DR OSEMU. For his a God sent to me and my entire family for divine restoration of marriage. Contact him now for any kind or help via Email: Doctorokpamenspelltemple@hotmail.com, website: www.doctorokpamenpowerfulspelltemple@webs.com OR call and whats App him on +2348135254384. You can text or call me also for more inquiries +1 (914)-902-7078. Brooklyn Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14048552343468519591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35268096138050168452016-09-22T16:52:53.561-04:002016-09-22T16:52:53.561-04:00Hi,
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I am 29, and I got married almost 4yrs ago when my husband breakup with me, I was so frustrated and i could not know what next to do again, I love my husband so much but he was cheating on me with another woman and this makes him break up with me so that he can be able to get marred to the other lady and this lady i think use witchcraft on my husband to make him hate me and my kids and this was so critical and uncalled-for,I cry all day and night for God to send me a helper to get back my man until i went to Texas to see a friend and who was having the same problem with me but she latter got her husband back and i asked her how she was able to get her husband back and she told me that their was a powerful spell caster called Dr.Unity that help with love spell in getting back lost lover back, and i decided to contact the same Dr.Unity and he told me what is needed to be done for me to have my man back and i did it although i doubted it but i did it and the Dr told me that i will get the result after 28hours, and he told me that my husband was going to call me and i still doubted his word, to my surprise my husband really called me and told me that he miss me so much, Oh My God! i was so excited, and today i am happy with my man again and we are joyfully living together as one big family and i thank the powerful spell caster Dr.Unity for bringing back my man and i decided to share my story on the internet that Dr.Unity is best spell caster online who i will always pray to live long to help his children in the time of trouble, if you are there and your lover is turning you down, or your husband moved to another woman, do not cry anymore, email him at: Unityspelltemple@gmail.com or Add him up on Whats-app: +2348071622464,you can also visit his website:http://unityspelltemple.yolasite.com .Sonia https://www.blogger.com/profile/15623158259649089572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43810208945544972952016-09-19T21:14:00.504-04:002016-09-19T21:14:00.504-04:00I totally disagree. Parents need to provide oversi...I totally disagree. Parents need to provide oversight but you also need people like budget auditors, assessment specialists and good management because parents are not experts in any of these things and don't typically have access to the info needed to keep tabs on a school.<br /><br />Balancing schools in terms of diversity is good for kids because kids need to learn to function in a multicultural society and they learn that by interacting and making friends with kids from all backgrounds.<br /><br />You are using the loaded word "bureaucrat" instead of manager or supervisor. No one would seriously expect any organization to run itself without competent management. Occasional bad managers don't mean we should abandon management altogether. <br /><br />Good counselors and other kinds of specialists (educational psychologists, special ed teachers, nurses) can help resolve problems without having to dislocate the child. It is pretty extreme for a parent to take a child out of school entirely. Often, the child's problems go with him and don't get solved at all because the school doesn't get a chance to address them. <br /><br />There is no harm in a manager being concerned about all constituencies. If the teachers aren't happy how can the school function well? Same with administrative staff. Good management means addressing the concerns of everyone so that the school functions well. Ignoring the concerns of teachers or staff seems like a bad way to run a school and I seriously doubt effective charter schools do that, any more than good public schools would.<br /><br />Bureaucrats don't deal with each and every student. If they did, when would they have time to run the school efficiently? Teachers and aides deal with each and every student. You know that, don't you?<br /><br />The best oversight comes from people who know what they are doing. Selecting people based on religious views or political ideology or cost factors (how cheap they come) or willingness to follow a prescribed methodology doesn't ensure you will get the people who know anything about educating kids and running a school. That is my main beef with charter schools. Their focus is on something besides educating kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89335840688183455482016-09-19T20:22:53.214-04:002016-09-19T20:22:53.214-04:00The best oversight comes from parents IMHO, Parent...The best oversight comes from parents IMHO, Parents are more concerned about their children than any bureaucrat. Of course, bureaucrats may have more expertise than most parents. But, bureaucratic oversight can be inadequate for various reasons:<br />-- Bureaucrats may have additional concerns, like balancing the school by ethnic group.<br />-- A bureaucrat who screwed up may be inclined to hide the problem for the sake of his career. E.g., the Veterans Administration Hospital scandal.<br />-- A bureaucrat may not be able to fix a student's problematic school situation, but a parent can move his child away from that school (as my wife and I did.) <br />-- A bureaucrat may be more concerned about other constituencies, such as teachers' unions or administrative staff.<br />-- A bureaucrat may be overworked and simply not have time to deal with each and every student.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60505348807610089382016-09-19T19:52:55.948-04:002016-09-19T19:52:55.948-04:00If public schools are failing and getting worse, h...If public schools are failing and getting worse, how is it that there are increasing numbers of students being graduated from college? More than ever before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-46092028912608185112016-09-19T19:49:26.302-04:002016-09-19T19:49:26.302-04:00Charter schools, like private schools, are only as...Charter schools, like private schools, are only as good as their oversight. An important virtue of public schools is that they are part of the government infrastructure and generally have considerable oversight and accountability, both to parents and to taxpayers/the public. As a result, teachers are more likely to be well-trained and credentialed, money goes toward resources as it is supposed to, and students are tested and otherwise assessed to make sure they are benefitting from instruction. Public schools are also coordinated with a state's public higher education, so students are offered the courses needed for state university admission and counselors can advise them accurately. These things are sometimes but not always true in private schools. Charter schools vary, depending on how they are implemented.<br /><br />Remember the fiasco in California when private religious high schools didn't teach evolution and UCLA refused to admit students from them? This happens on a larger scale when kids are not offered the high school science, math or language courses needed to qualify for college admission. Doing well in such courses is meaningless if they don't even exist. Similar disparities occur up and down the line when curriculum is not articulated -- hence common core.<br /><br />Some parents find the discipline and uniforms appealing of charter schools, the get tough attitude reassuring. I'm not sure what they think they are preparing their kids for -- to be cogs in a totalitarian state? It strikes me as very creepy when kids are asked to behave in rigidly authoritarian ways that have little to do with learning anything except how to sit down and shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3463335422383355672016-09-19T18:33:37.434-04:002016-09-19T18:33:37.434-04:00"Your last sentence is simply a non-sequitur...."Your last sentence is simply a non-sequitur."<br /><br />Your concern trolling is noted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35275262506795498782016-09-19T18:10:17.022-04:002016-09-19T18:10:17.022-04:00You and your silly anecdotes.
Charter schools ha...You and your silly anecdotes. <br /><br />Charter schools have no business receiving taxpayer money. Excluding them from public funding would not limit their utility as an alternative to public schools. They should be privately-funded private schools, and the more the merrier. Currently, they constitute a proliferating grift with the primary to make a profit while wiping out public schools. <br /><br />Your last sentence is simply a non-sequitur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-14809451821927718992016-09-19T18:00:50.724-04:002016-09-19T18:00:50.724-04:00A 4:53 PM - don't reach to far. you might stra...A 4:53 PM - don't reach to far. you might strain something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71498584992083886652016-09-19T17:24:48.616-04:002016-09-19T17:24:48.616-04:00IMHO the key to charter schools isn't that the...IMHO the key to charter schools isn't that they're necessarily better, but that they provide an alternative. Each child and each school situation is different. When my older daughter was in a situation that didn't work for her, we put her in private school for a couple of years. Poor families should have options, just as rich ones do.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43433125435158232602016-09-19T16:53:50.058-04:002016-09-19T16:53:50.058-04:00Journalistic malpractice is on topic here.Journalistic malpractice is on topic here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86782707508427058472016-09-19T16:39:23.384-04:002016-09-19T16:39:23.384-04:00No, it's not a joke, but it is ironical for a ...No, it's not a joke, but it is ironical for a parent to credit a type of school instead of her kids' good fortune. gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45053335678476753942016-09-19T16:18:53.105-04:002016-09-19T16:18:53.105-04:00This is:
"We'll be taking part in a symp...This is:<br /><br />"We'll be taking part in a symposium for federal managers at an undisclosed location in Aberdeen, South Dakota." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16875928644212032032016-09-19T15:14:37.470-04:002016-09-19T15:14:37.470-04:00Is this a joke? Is this a joke? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28689054439532213562016-09-19T14:00:24.829-04:002016-09-19T14:00:24.829-04:00Is there a charter version of Facebook?Is there a charter version of Facebook?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39548497935988365282016-09-19T13:45:18.701-04:002016-09-19T13:45:18.701-04:00About a week ago, I read a Facebook post from a mo...About a week ago, I read a Facebook post from a mother that defended charter schools. She pointed out that her kids were better readers now, and got top grades in most subjects, including math, since they switched from public to charter schools. She told how she read to her kids when they were small, made sure there were plenty of books in the house, and had down time for social media and surfing. She mentioned that many of her neighbors did the same, and they were involved in school meetings and activities, and talked to the teachers about their children.<br />It’s great to know that charter schools are so much better than public schools.<br />gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-40287782053722902792016-09-19T12:28:05.916-04:002016-09-19T12:28:05.916-04:00And this has absolutely zero to do with the post. ...And this has absolutely zero to do with the post. You sure you're at the right blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65848460928130843832016-09-19T12:26:06.240-04:002016-09-19T12:26:06.240-04:00If that's your rebuttal, then Bob wins in a la...If that's your rebuttal, then Bob wins in a landslide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4050756443564698202016-09-19T12:15:28.177-04:002016-09-19T12:15:28.177-04:00Back at Old Cow College students were required to ...Back at Old Cow College students were required to have at least 12 hours of physical education to graduate. Team sports and the parallel bars nearly finished me so I had to take courses in bowling, aikido, and other wussy endeavors. I sucked at everything but I guess bowlers have a thing about trophies. I was awarded a small statuette for "Most Improved." <br /><br />I was the absolute worst in class, but look at those gains.Jeeves Stumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716700263908484003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47937325866334548642016-09-19T10:19:20.231-04:002016-09-19T10:19:20.231-04:00Today the Huffington Post helps elect Trump with a...Today the Huffington Post helps elect Trump with a story entitled "Why Hillary Lost" in which it speculates on who will be to blame if she loses. <br /><br />Among the several "narratives" being spread about Hillary is the one that she is a bad campaigner, that she is a "gaffe machine" and she has had the election sewn up only to throw it away, that there is little enthusiasm among her supporters. While Trump is portrayed as a genius at manipulating the press and his audiences. This is more sexist garbage.<br /><br />The best thing to read this morning is Kevin Drum's list of reasons for progressives to support Hillary.<br /><br />As Somerby likes to point out, the media always blames others for its own failures. Huffington Post neglected to put its own relentless attack on Hillary on its list of reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com