Drain the swamp and fill it with filthy rich people

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with charter schools?

[Anonymous]

The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

+1

I'm a survivor of parochial schools and I don't want my tax dollars going to support them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

Charter and parochial are not always the same. I for one welcome the transfer. The public school system in my state is an astounding failure. Charters (many of which are secular) are often the only option middle- and low-middle class parents have to give their children a chance at half-way decent education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

And let's not forget that there's a percentage of charter schools that are for profit .... so education for the average kid is a money maker for the wealthy and corporations on the backs of public school systems. Awesome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, having a billionaire run the Department of Education will certainly allow her to become wealthier. Instead of the kiddies selling chocolate bars and Sally Foster wrapping paper, they will be flogging Amway.

What a sinister plot!

You mean Scamway?

Or the fact that she's a proponent of charter schools ...and has business interests in the charter school industry. No conflict of interest there. ?

"Conflicts of interest" are for Democrats and poor people.

Definitely not for presidents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

+1

I'm a survivor of parochial schools and I don't want my tax dollars going to support them.

I want world peace.

(You can sympathize with Christians who don't want their tax money to pay for abortions, can't you? :wink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

+1

I'm a survivor of parochial schools and I don't want my tax dollars going to support them.

I want world peace.

(You can sympathize with Christians who don't want their tax money to pay for abortions, can't you? :wink

And since no tax payer dollars go to fund abortions, no tax payer dollars should go to fund religious schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

Charter and parochial are not always the same. I for one welcome the transfer. The public school system in my state is an astounding failure. Charters (many of which are secular) are often the only option middle- and low-middle class parents have to give their children a chance at half-way decent education.

Would you agree that tax-payer dollars should not go to fund religious schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

And let's not forget that there's a percentage of charter schools that are for profit .... so education for the average kid is a money maker for the wealthy and corporations on the backs of public school systems. Awesome.

Many Charters are structured to pay management fees to a for-profit affiliate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who better than billionaires to tell the little people how to run their lives?

Democrats would certainly know about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, having a billionaire run the Department of Education will certainly allow her to become wealthier. Instead of the kiddies selling chocolate bars and Sally Foster wrapping paper, they will be flogging Amway.

What a sinister plot!

Hmmm, Diane Ravitch, who worked under Sen. Lamar Alexander when he was Ed Sec in Bush I, believes that these so-called reformers wants to privatize public schools in order to line their pockets with tax payer dollars.

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/15/diane_ravitch_school_privatization_is_a_hoax_reformers_aim_to_destroy_public_schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

And let's not forget that there's a percentage of charter schools that are for profit .... so education for the average kid is a money maker for the wealthy and corporations on the backs of public school systems. Awesome.

For profit schools and those who profit from them should really be eliminated. It's education!

Well, we can make the one exception for the Clintons who made 65.5 million dollars from for profit education . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bill-clintons-nearly-18-million-job-as-honorary-chancellor-of-a-for-profit-college/2016/09/05/8496db42-655b-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.e3a9d347529d

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who better than billionaires to tell the little people how to run their lives?

Democrats would certainly know about that.

Squirrel!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The theory of charters is fine. The practice is a lot less successful. The problem in this case, is that DeVos wants to take public money amd transfer it to parochial schools.

And let's not forget that there's a percentage of charter schools that are for profit .... so education for the average kid is a money maker for the wealthy and corporations on the backs of public school systems. Awesome.

For profit schools and those who profit from them should really be eliminated. It's education!

Well, we can make the one exception for the Clintons who made 65.5 million dollars from for profit education . . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bill-clintons-nearly-18-million-job-as-honorary-chancellor-of-a-for-profit-college/2016/09/05/8496db42-655b-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.e3a9d347529d

Nice one!