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DrDan

(20,411 posts)
2. yep - way too much money involved to ignore
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:34 PM
Jun 2012

and can easily be done on-the-cheap. Hire only inexperienced teachers. Cram as many students into a classroom as physically possible. Barebone schools.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
4. If that happened when my kids were young,
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:29 PM
Jun 2012

I would just plain Home School them instead, rather than have some corporation, or religious organization, make profits off citizen's tax money.

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
6. At some point I doubt you'll be allowed to unless you buy corporate materials and take the
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 04:20 AM
Jun 2012

corporate tests and pay a fee to the corporations for the privilege.

ellenfl

(8,660 posts)
5. hopefully it will fail sooner rather than later and people
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:57 PM
Jun 2012

will finally wake up and smell the coffee.

ellen fl

Shagman

(135 posts)
7. Wait, It Gets Worse
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 12:18 PM
Jun 2012

Mittens likes the idea so much, he wants everybody to have it.

snarky story

The link to the "White Paper" is already broken, which shouldn't come as a surprise.

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