John Nichols: Gov. Walker takes fight to privatize education to D.C.

I would not mind losing him to the US. At least he would be out of Wisconsin. He reminds me of Cheney-tone deaf to reason!


http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/john_nichols/article_20b2a37c-2262-5627-8073-6e6003f30bda.html

John Nichols: Gov. Walker takes fight to privatize education to D.C.


JOHN NICHOLS | Cap Times associate editor | jnichols@madison.com | No Comments Posted | Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:00 am



Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continues to court national support for an extreme agenda of attacking public employees and public services while diminishing local democracy and shifting public money to private political allies. Despite the fact that Walker’s moves have been widely condemned in his home state, the hyper-ambitious career politician has repeatedly suggested that he will not moderate his positions because he wants to shift the tenor of politics and policymaking far beyond Wisconsin.

Walker’s stance has earned him talk as a possible dark-horse contender for a chance at the 2012 Republican nod, and the governor has not discouraged it.

To that end, Walker was in Washington Monday night to deliver a keynote address at the innocuously named American Federation for Children’s “School Choice Now: Empowering America’s Children” policy summit. It’s actually a key annual gathering of advocates for privatizing public education, and of some of the biggest funders of right-wing political projects nationally.

The appearance comes at a time when education cuts are becoming a front-and-center issue, as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stirred an outcry in the nation’s largest city by proposing to lay off thousands of teachers................................

that is the only true way to get good education in this country

I suspect you were being satirical, but if not then I could not disagree with you more.

that are trying to destroy the education system.
It serves no purpose except to harness the money it creates.......

So follow the money.........

The very last thing education should be about is money....

but you are not one of them trying to line your pockets with money

Education is about education ....... that is the bottom line
A country grows through learning and it takes money and dedication
something the gates and rhees don't understand or do not care

Once education is lost in this country, this country is lost

Make no mistake-school choice is on the rise. Cash strapped districts are targets. As Obama has his top gun Arne Duncan pushing school choice!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/michelle-rhee-to-speak-in-dc/2011/05/09/AFPQkzWG_blog.html

Posted at 06:47 AM ET, 05/09/2011
Michelle Rhee to speak in D.C.
By Associated Press


Rhee speaks in Florida in January. (Alan Diaz - AP) Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is scheduled to speak today at an education conference in the District — and union officials are planning a protest outside.

Two Republican governors are also scheduled to speak at the policy summit hosted by the American Federation for Children, a nonprofit that pushes for private school vouchers and charter schools.

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania are expected to talk about school choice. The topic of Rhee’s speech has not been released.

Walker has proposed expanding a school voucher program in Milwaukee. Corbett is proposing cutting $1.6 billion from public education while also pushing for vouchers, which would allow students in poor-performing public schools to transfer to private schools.

Don't these people know that these schools pick and choose their students? If a kid has grades and other criteria, the private schools will give them scholarship money. Did these people ever consider that the schools can refuse to take the money? I know many parochial schools have said they will refuse "voucher" money because they don't want the strings that will come with government money.