Betsy DeVos

[myDeaconmyhand]

So there should be 50 different interpretations of what children should be taught?

You're asking this question of the same people who believe Trump is special for reaching the people of West Virginia AND Tennessee as if state boundaries are meaningful or significant.

 

[birdman]

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Tweets from Betsy are signed "-Betsy."

 

[Deacfreak07]

You can buy a lot of pencils for the cost of a confirmation.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

who the fuck uses pencils

 

[WFFaithful]

Why is education that reform that hard to figure out? Figure out who has the 3 or 4 best education systems in the world, then copy them.

Facepalm

 

[WFFaithful]

+100

 

[Demonwolverine]

Why is education that reform that hard to figure out? Figure out who has the 3 or 4 best education systems in the world, then copy them.

 

[Gooner]

Why is education that reform that hard to figure out? Figure out who has the 3 or 4 best education systems in the world, then copy them.

=2. Belgium: 6.2

Belgium has four different genres of secondary schools, namely general secondary schools, technical secondary schools, vocational secondary education schools, and art secondary education institutions. The Fulbright Commission in the US, which organises student exchanges with Belgium and Luxembourg says: "Education enjoys high priority, and the largest share of the regional governments’ annual budget in Belgium. Complete systems of public and private schools are available to all children between the ages of 4 and 18, at little or no cost."

=2. Switzerland: 6.2

Just 5% of children attend private schools in Switzerland. Lessons are taught in different languages depending on the region of Switzerland, with German, French or Italian the most common languages of instruction. From secondary onwards students are separated by ability.

1. Finland: 6.7

Finland routinely tops rankings of global education systems and is famous for having no banding systems — all pupils, regardless of ability, are taught in the same classes. As a result, the gap between the weakest and the strongest pupils is the smallest in the world. Finnish schools also give relatively little homework and have only one mandatory test at age 16.

 

[PhDeac]

Conservatives are pretty dead set against what works around the rest of the world. Same as with health care.

 

[Deacsfan27]

Basically take the money for military and put it towards education and we would be at a good starting point.

 

[BarcaDeac]

they already think we spend too much on education, and then lament that it's failing, so clearly we should spend less

 

[WFU Lurker]

Basically take the money for military and put it towards education and we would be at a good starting point.

Not really. The term throwing good money after bad would apply. I am not an education expert, but, based on what we spend per student, it is pretty clear that funding is not the primary issue. It might keep us out of the very top echelon, but surely we spend enough to get a lot better results than we do today. So first step should be more effectively spending the funds already in the system.

 

[PhDeac]

"Let's spend more" or "Let's spend less" are not good starting points for this discussion.

 

[WFFaithful]

The primary problem with the education system is that many kids have a horrible home life due to any number of causes including, but not limited to, generally bad parenting, violence, poverty, drugs, or abuse.

People think education happens in a vacuum where everything that doesn't happen at school doesn't affect school.

If they do acknowledge that a child's home life may affect their education, they expect the school to fix it all in 7 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Other things that negatively affect education:
Poor teacher pay to attract and retain quality teachers
Lack of resources to promote adequate learning environments (buildings and supplies)
The lack of emphasis on the value of education and hard work in our society (precious snowflake movement)
Excessive testing
The competitive environment being fostered by conservatives

 

[Deacfreak07]

The primary problem with the education system is that many kids have a horrible home life due to any number of causes including, but not limited to, generally bad parenting, violence, poverty, drugs, or abuse.

People think education happens in a vacuum where everything that doesn't happen at school doesn't affect school.

If they do acknowledge that a child's home life may affect their education, they expect the school to fix it all in 7 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Other things that negatively affect education:
Poor teacher pay to attract and retain quality teachers
Lack of resources to promote adequate learning environments (buildings and supplies)
The lack of emphasis on the value of education and hard work in our society (precious snowflake movement)
Excessive testing
The competitive environment being fostered by conservatives

This is a great post. We also spend way too much on athletics. Does that factor into per-student spending?

 

[RaleighDevil]

Why aren't these jackasses in jail?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...vos-nhp:homepage/story&utm_term=.a4ec81d55dfc


The vast majority of protesters were peaceful. One was arrested for assaulting a police officer, according to a D.C. police spokeswoman. A handful were involved in blocking DeVos from entering Jefferson, while some others attempted to keep a government car from entering the street in front of the school. One of the protesters who blocked her from the door appeared in a video, circulated by Fox5DC, to have touched her. Police said they were investigating allegations that DeVos was assaulted. They did not say who made the allegations.

 

[PhDeac]

One was arrested. They're investigating other allegations.

Here is video. Who do you think should go to jail?
https://www.facebook.com/wjlatv/videos/10155049016648734/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

 

[DownEastDeac]

One was arrested. They're investigating other allegations.

Here is video. Who do you think should go to jail?
https://www.facebook.com/wjlatv/videos/10155049016648734/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Douchebag channeling his inner-Zack Brown would be a good start.

 

[warak]

The primary problem with the education system is that many kids have a horrible home life due to any number of causes including, but not limited to, generally bad parenting, violence, poverty, drugs, or abuse.

People think education happens in a vacuum where everything that doesn't happen at school doesn't affect school.

If they do acknowledge that a child's home life may affect their education, they expect the school to fix it all in 7 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Other things that negatively affect education:
Poor teacher pay to attract and retain quality teachers
Lack of resources to promote adequate learning environments (buildings and supplies)
The lack of emphasis on the value of education and hard work in our society (precious snowflake movement)
Excessive testing
The competitive environment being fostered by conservatives

Yes, good post.