Teachers rally for public education
read more recent story comments Reader comments| Moose 65 Monday, February 14, 2011: 5:30 pm More from Moose 65  | Charter Schools MUST be allowed. Look at the SAT scores and see where the better teaching is. .A majority of public schools are not doing their job. |
| drpepper Monday, February 14, 2011: 6:18 pm More from drpepper | Majority of every profession has the idiots that spoil it for the good ones. You're going to need to specify when you say they're not doing their jobs. What personally, do you know that is going wrong. As a former Martinsville student and having a child at Martinsville school district, I cannot complain about this specific school district. |
| Greg Monday, February 14, 2011: 6:26 pm More from Greg | I was present for the first half of the event. There was no apparent opposition, certainly no opposition signs. It was more of a TEACHER support rally than a public education support rally. Mayor Deckard opened by stating that he was here to support our local teachers, be they public, private, or homeschool. I spoke to him before the event and he stressed that he was NOT getting involved in the charter school/unions arguments, and that he was present to support the excellent dedicated teachers that we have in Morgan County. |
| LilaMae Monday, February 14, 2011: 6:26 pm More from LilaMae | I wonder how many teachers would make the cut in corporate america working up to a performance measure instead of just plodding along because they can after five years. Would be interesting to do a comparison anyway. |
| Liberty Monday, February 14, 2011: 8:49 pm More from Liberty |
LilaMae, I think the answer to your response is the comment rating given you by the attacking worried teachers who feel they only are able to get paid for what they do because they hired some organized crime thugs to force the local government to not fire them. Don't feel bad, when ever I exspose their real motives their little NEA demons attack me like rabid Puranas with neg. rating. I know it's childish but what do you expect to come from sending you child (or spouse) to school to learn their socialization skill from un-socialized children. Now you understand why the write and talk and rate the way they do. A major plug for homeschooling. Peace :) |
| Liberty Monday, February 14, 2011: 9:04 pm More from Liberty | From what I seen this was a union teacher love-in. Kind of like the academy awards for actor but yet all about the teachers and their own hides. They gathered to rally support against the children and the parents right to have the say-so in their child's education while patting each other on the back for doing so. It was a duded sad arrogant moment. The mayor felt it necessary to speak only on the behalf of the union though he said it was for all teachers. The funny thing is their were only NEA'ers and their union leaders there. Sorry mayor, the Christan schools and the home school educators love their children way to much to make a selfish spectacle like this in front of them. You knew exactly who you were speaking to. The only thing this accomplished was red marks on the back of a few union slaves. |
| Liberty Monday, February 14, 2011: 9:08 pm More from Liberty |
Pearl, I appreciate your heart and soul felt concerns for those of us with custom needs in learning. The link was just an general approach of one education company. If they said for a new start-up school it would take 2-3 years before adding this specialized instruction then you I would expect 2-3 years. To answer your question of "How do we even know if upon waiting the 2-3 years if their special ed programs will be any better than the public ed special programs?" I would say first How could it be any worst ? Since there are no union controlled politicians running the charter schools you can be rest assured they will have to comply with the required services or lose their contract. With the Government schools their is no way of making them comply to anything because the union controlled politicians ( School Board and their Administrators)have free Reine at running their schools the way they see fit. i.e. Each year the buildings across the state are inspected for environment dangers like mold and other contaminant. A very small percentage of the school system ever do anything about it because nobody has the power or political will to do it. Not that way with charter who don't have the cover of government. Remember, government doesn't have to follow laws but the private sector does. Beside under this bill it would be your choice, government compounds or Charter schools. FYI the government system has been pushing (eliminating) us with challenges off on the the charter schools for sometime now in areas who already have the charters. Just like you said about the Nazis tried to eliminate the "undesirable" Jews? The result is those charters even though heavily weighted with required custom education still test equal or above the Government compounds. you said :" This issue is a little too close to home. I just want to see change for the most vulnerable in our society, and I am afraid no one cares."Pearl I am in full agreement with you. We too have some thing here close to home and caring for the need of the most vulnerable in our society that the government and the unions will never care about is what drives me to NOT EVER GIVE UP. Here's the way I test the government unions motives. If a union member pays $700 + per year of their family income to causes like killing of the weakest and the sexual exploitation of the little ones in their class by talking about them having sex and making them talk about their private parts to strangers then, How in the world could you or would you trusts them with any child that's more vulnerable than most. Those in their camp feel that's what their support for abortion is all about. So, what choice do you not make ? Pearl, you know my first choice for childrens, Moms and Dads is to home-school and not ever try to mimic or teach the way the unionized government system tries to. That's the most effective way and results in the best educational out come and character train, and adult preparation of all forms of education. That's the only sure way to insure the best loving care and education of any child, custom needs or not. It builds good strong characters in all the family members, not just the children. Don't be afraid anymore Pearl, God is in the act of making this possible for all children. All Glory be to God The Father. Peace:) |
| Sunny Monday, February 14, 2011: 9:46 pm More from Sunny | Hey Liberty, I missed you at the rally! |
| Reality Check Monday, February 14, 2011: 9:56 pm More from Reality Check | Martinsville should be proud of the folks who put this on. Great event. Positive atmosphere and a nice rally. |
| Reality Check Monday, February 14, 2011: 10:01 pm More from Reality Check | Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ruth Rusie has done more for education or this community than you'll ever accomplish in 100 lifetimes. Keep it up Liberty. People like you usually choke to death on their own tongues. |
| Liberty Monday, February 14, 2011: 10:22 pm More from Liberty |
No you didn't :) |
| Liberty Monday, February 14, 2011: 10:25 pm More from Liberty |
It look like we are going to find out !!!!!!!!!!! |
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