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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if she ever had real world experience in teaching impoverished kids.

I lean right politically.  However, I had years teaching--and that included teaching the poorest of the poor.  Very sad cases.  The kind where you had to send the social worker out because a kid was not coming to school.  Turns out, he had no shoes to wear.  Of course, the social worker took him to buy shoes.  (Mom was a prostitute.  The social worker found him "outside" while she apparently had a client.)  He was a precious and bright child and belonged in school.

I very much believe that we do need to give more funds to the less affluent schools--but not ignore the others.  I also know--from experience--that the funds get stripped off at every level of the organization.  Title I funds are generous, but little reaches the classroom.  That is one reason that eliminating the Department of Education should get more money to the classroom--but, it will still be a problem.  Do you really think that all those people at Gatehouse come for free?  Do you really believe they are helping our kids learn?

Every new initiative in the school system ends up hiring more staff at Gatehouse.  Teachers are not stupid.  Give them the materials and let them teach without all the unnecessary workshops.  Most of them could conduct better training 'in house' than the "experts."

Reid needs to wake up and smell the coffee.  Put the funds in the schools.  Quit worrying about boundaries which will not change things for the struggling kids at all.

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As a teacher in a vulnerable population, I don’t get the impression she likes poor kids or EL learners. [/quote]

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