- RT @DispatchTheCity: The #RttT tallies in Ohio: 311 of 613 districts signed on; 199 of 322 charter schools did too #
- At Dropout Nation: Education's Reality Check (#education and layoffs) https://dropoutnation.net/j0b #edreform #teachers #TQ #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Read to Your Boys (#literacy and male-female #edgaps https://dropoutnation.net/nog #edreform #gradrate #
- RT @Toppinkp9sj: Baltimore Schools Lose In Court: Ruling Favored Charter Schools http://tinyurl.com/24h624d #edreform #
- RiShawn Biddle: Race to the Top-of What? https://dropoutnation.net/rtt (The potential, problems of #RttT and its competition model) #edreform #
- @moiraeve1 Actually, that isn't the full case. First, remember that K-12 education consumes $528 billion in tax dollars… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 It is also the biggest budget item for states and the biggest expenditure of local property tax dollars… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 So there is plenty of money devoted to K-12. In fact, it has generally grown above the rate of CPI inflation… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 The problem with a new bailout is 1) it will allow states and school districts to not address the fundamental problems of… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 a teacher compensation system that is ineffective at rewarding high-performing teachers and overpays low performing teachers… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 2) a bailout fails to fix teacher compensation, which rewards teachers lavishly in terms of pricey pensions and retiree… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 benefits that are now causing long-term fiscal burdens for taxpayers, just as other priorities (Medicaid) are also squeezing… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 the rolls; 3) the bailout will not require states and local governments to fix collective bargaining agreements and state laws… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 that make dismissing laggard teachers too difficult and makes it too easy to layoff young talented teachers because of… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 reverse seniority (last hired-first fired) rules; 4) from a fiscal perspective, this is will mean the feds have bailed out in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 school districts and states for their fiscal misbehavior to the tune of $123 billion in three years. Unsustainable. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 There is plenty of money. The problem in K-12 is that $528 billion is spent inefficiently, ineffectively, and attrociously. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- an@moiraeve1 No one should be fond of cutting school funding. But we cannot continue fiscal insanity, be it private-sector bailouts or the #
- @moiraeve1 kind we are doing for school districts. States and districts need to "man up", take the hits, do the work, reform the underlying in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 causes of their fiscal morasse. And we the taxpayers, in turn, have to do the same and expect better. We do elect these folks. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 Let's also keep this in mind: The top 10 percent of the population pays 50% of all federal taxes… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 The top 20 percent pay more than 75% of all taxes… in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 Want to know how you get into the top 20 percent? Just make $88,000 a yearr, by yourself or in household income. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- RT @CharterInsights: http://ow.ly/1LsqO One of the biggest keys to charter school success is good authorizer. #edreform #edpolicy #
- @andreagl Thanks for the RT in reply to andreagl #
- @Yomawi Thank you for the RT in reply to Yomawi #
- Obama backs #ARRA II; may become part of war spend package. Why bailout? https://dropoutnation.net/tus #edreform #TQ #
- RT @Dyrnwyn: Gonna be on UPN 9's New Jersey Now on Sunday at 12 pm. Talking merit pay and school choice #edreform #schoolchoice #
- RT @SOSNOLA: 9 hours interviewing & analyzing teachNOLA's master teacher candidates today has renewed importance for me. #TQ #
- @ChitownStu It will be a fight. It always will be. in reply to ChitownStu #
- @ChitownStu At least until the reforms are in place and cannot be scaled back. in reply to ChitownStu #
- A Dropout Nation Rewind on K-12 spending and criminal justice spending: https://dropoutnation.net/x1j #education #edreform #TQ #
- School districts want to keep their monopoly. Charter schools in the way. RT @CharterInsights: #edreform #ParentPower #
- I certainly will. RT @Betsydraperfl: @dropoutnation rt. Look at academyprep.org. We will see college grads w our work and beat the "myths" #
- RT @firstgenfilm: Need a Fri break? Ck out the trailer for our #21CS #edreform film re: getting 2 college http://tinyurl.com/fgtrailer #
- @AndresHenriquez You're welcome! And thank you. in reply to AndresHenriquez #
- @ChadRatliff @DianeRav is becoming a dirty name. Half-baked musings on education reform matters she barely tries to comprehend. in reply to ChadRatliff #
- RT @urbanophile: KC Star: Highly educated immigrants fine old careers don't always transfer to USA – http://is.gd/cabhL #immigration #
- RT @amyalkon: $1 Trillion Down The Toilet, Flushed With A Buncha Pot: The AP even recognizes the failed drug war: #
- @moiraeve1 and without your income, you can't care for anyone's needs, especially your own. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 The top one percent hand over more than half their income annually. More importantly, their companies provide jobs, income in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 and most of that one percent give generously to the very organizations that will help stem the dropout crisis, improve econ in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 prospects of the students being taught in our classrooms. You seem to have no concept of economics, how societies grow. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 start w/the Tax Foundation, which breaks down average taxes paid at fed level in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 and I'll get the state breakdowns next (note the top one percent pay more now than in 1970s b/c feds no longer allow deductions in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 of those taxes, which means they pay the full tab. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 that stat you cite is quite flawed, largely because it doesn't account for deductability of state taxes, which brings down the in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 the level of total taxation. Again, learn a few things about economics and the history of the tax code. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 by the way: when compared to private sector bennies,defined-benefit pensions (which the workers don't fully contribute their in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 share of the tab) and gratis retirement health benefits are lavish. Not envy (my future in laws certainly benefit). Just fact. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 The fact that you try to ascribe motive instead of analyzing my statements on its face proves your capacity for debate. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 not complimentary at all. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @ChadRatliff Reformer is only a dirty word if you believe it. You define what you are. And if the results bear out in your favor… in reply to ChadRatliff #
- @ChadRatliff then you win the day. Not that the reform movement doesn't have issues (I've laid them out ad nauseam). But if you let others in reply to ChadRatliff #
- @ChadRatliff define you, then you will always lose. in reply to ChadRatliff #
- @moiraeve1 You mean "dropout factories". And Balfanz still uses the term. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 and saying that "bashing teachers unions"= bashing teachers is such a thoughtless statement that it doesn't deserve a comment. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 but he hasn't stopped using the term. Neither will eye. I'm too concerned about the kids forced to attend them – most of whom in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 look like me – to worry about the tender souls who fail to call them what they are. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 the NEA and AFT are unions. They may represent teachers, but they are neither the collective or the individual. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 One may be a registered member of the Democrat and still be an individual. Criticism of the DNC isn't criticism of the person. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 same if you are a member of the ABA or the AMA or NABUCO. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 In some ways, yes. But as the Civil Rights Movement has shown (as has other reform movements), you don't need all on board to in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 agree on a common direction or philosophy. History has proven it's about having the most honorable moral argument on where in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 society should go-and the tactics to overcome political opposition. Rosa Parks didn't wait for all to agree for her to sit in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 in front of the bus. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 and I've never said that. And you know that. Stick to facts or get out of the arena. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 but many of the talented ones do leave because their work isn't adequately rewarded through trad. degree/seniority scales. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 we have never had a large-scale merit pay program in order to know if it works. What data that exists is on such a small scale in reply to moiraeve1 #
- @moiraeve1 as to be useless. Thanks for your thoughts. in reply to moiraeve1 #
- RT @ClaytonMuhammad "If you haven't made mistakes, u are just mediocre." – John Zeglis, Chair & CEO of AT&T Wireless & today's guest speaker #
- In Minn., #edreform alt. licensing bill signe die. #RttT #LackingCourageForEdreform #
- @ClaytonMuhammad Congrats. in reply to ClaytonMuhammad #
- In NYS, more Albany madness: Charter cap removal bill bogged down in Shel Silver's house #edreform #RttT #
- RT @AttyAbdul: In Ind., Sources tell me Stonewall Democrats will have a hard time actively supporting Brad Elsworth for U.S. Senate. #
- More antics in Wake County (N.C.) deseg. battle #education #
- RT @urbanophile: RT @ShiaKapos: In the Chi, Daley orders words "New York" covered up on shop building. (2nd item) #SMH #
- Off-Ed: Hope Roman Polanski heads to prison for a long long time. RT @rsmccain: RT @dmataconis http://ping.fm/uSgna #
- RT @EDUBEAT: Correlation and causation are two different things.: #
- RT @PolkBooks @everybodywins @dropoutnation: Dropout Nation Podcast: Read 2 Ur Boys (#literacy/#edgaps) https://dropoutnation.net/nog #
- RT @Codega @tapsystem: "Today any credible discussion of #edreform must include #teacher eval/performance pay." TAP's L. Milken #MEAforum #
- RT @janarausch: @cathgrimes Many TAP schools don't know they're on cutting-edge of #edreform They r changing culture… #TQ #teachers #
- @readywriting Thanks. It's sad that anyone dares to defend Polanski's actions in any way. in reply to readywriting #
- RT @John_Passantino: #headshaker argument: Problem: Parents don't fully understand quality of ed; schools can set low expectations (and do) #
- RT @John_Passantino: And no one can define what makes a good citizen save for not going to prison or bombing the White House. #
- For those who want to read: RT @John_Passantino: If Not Test Scores, Then What? #edreform #
- @John_Passantino Of the three, only the parent part actually could work, since choice is important. But if you oppose school choice, then in reply to John_Passantino #
- @John_Passantino what's the value of parental/student satisfaction. Satisfaction levels mean little w/o ability to exercise choice. in reply to John_Passantino #
- @avalonsensei Well, I don't think Green Dot is abandoning the community. Charter schools, by nature, are made to be able to shut down… in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei expecially if they are academically/fiscally failing. That said, Green Dot's situation proves that, as with most nonprofits… in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei charters must develop the fiscal infrastructure to deal with scarcity and abundance. They are public schools, but unlike in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei districts, charters cannot simply increase a parcel tax with permission of the voters. So, they must be fiscally prudent. in reply to avalonsensei #
- Coming Tomorrow: The Dropout Nation Podcast: We Need to Get Rid of Poor-Performing Teachers (and the System that Protects Them) #edreform #
- RT @andreagl @dropoutnation Watch: Robert Balfanz on Fixing America's Dropout Factories https://dropoutnation.net/b05 #edreform #
- RT @BArcher001: RT @khephir: Zero tolerance ineffective in schools, study finds – http://j.mp/dcILGN [ #education #edchat #edreform ] #
- RT @Scobleizer: People who don't like brands on Twitter are funny. I'm drinking a vodka made by a brand. Using a computer made by one… #
- @jerridkruse No problem. And, by the way, apologies if I came off a tad rough. I argue with passion, but not with intention of any rudeness. in reply to jerridkruse #
- @avalonsensei It's not about faith. My faith is in God, not man. It's all about trust, verify and hold accountable. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @andreaglAgreed. Balfanz, Michael Holzman of Schott Foundation, JP Greene, M. Roza and Chris Swanson are among the best in edresearch today. #
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