tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post6540506819290450435..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Wealthy Political Donors Are Sad Some Republican Candidates Are Running Away From Common Corereality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-8287172363653368422015-08-19T22:32:57.237-04:002015-08-19T22:32:57.237-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.DOEvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084835745942351587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-60760892170039323422015-08-19T13:49:38.809-04:002015-08-19T13:49:38.809-04:00Jeb Bush doesn't have a shot. It either going ...Jeb Bush doesn't have a shot. It either going to be Trump or Christie. In that scenario, I hope it's Trump - he doesn't need their money. If he comes out strongly against CC he'll get a lot of votes.Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-63257930660833408382015-08-19T12:19:32.831-04:002015-08-19T12:19:32.831-04:00I think you will get a kick out of this piece. It...I think you will get a kick out of this piece. It really gives insight to how and why people like Reforms--MONEY!! <br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/books/review/the-prize-by-dale-russakoff.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150819&nlid=23691631&tntemail0=y&_r=0<br /><br />Schoolgal ;) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-16604223637546286022015-08-19T10:10:28.682-04:002015-08-19T10:10:28.682-04:00We as public school teachers should not fool ourse...We as public school teachers should not fool ourselves to think that any of these candidates is thinking hard about education or protecting teacher rights or the profession. Even Sanders has not thought much about it. Education is a mere sound bite in the process. Easiest thing is either to oppose Common Core or say something vague about the importance of education, children, our nation's future. The extreme right is opposed mainly because they see it as Federal power and they want to be able to teach, frankly, their own version of things. The Wall Street hedge funders support Common Core because they ideologically want to wreck teacher unions, public schools, support APPR, support charters, make money off all of this. Meanwhile, their kids will all go to private schools and colleges and never have to be in a Common Core classroom. What shocks these hedge funders - many of whom are neo-libs or neo-cons, is that their candidates are not embracing this position in public enough, yet. They thought these folks were mostly bought and paid for. The neo-libs are in some cases socially liberal/progressive but politically more like moderate republicans. Most of their position on Common Core is not popular outside the circles of affluence in which they live. But they will double down with their money and influence as the real campaign gets underway. Sadly for most teachers [many who have no idea what is going on politically] the best hope for ending the Common Core may be the right wing of the Republican party. Hillary will not rock this boat if it means losing Wall Street, especially if Jeb is still in it, which is likely if the money keeps flowing to him.DOEvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084835745942351587noreply@blogger.com