Comments on: Education in ‘08 Has a Place in Heaven http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Leonie Haimson http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13835 Leonie Haimson Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:11:54 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13835 Between NCLB, the inside-the-beltway- think tanks where you can no longer tell left from right and who argue that all we need is more and more testing, charter schools, and the death of the teachers union , and the efforts of the Billionaire boys club --Broad and Gates -- to hijack public education system as we know it, the best thing that could happen is if all these guys went away and left us alone. Between NCLB, the inside-the-beltway- think tanks where you can no longer tell left from right and who argue that all we need is more and more testing, charter schools, and the death of the teachers union , and the efforts of the Billionaire boys club –Broad and Gates — to hijack public education system as we know it, the best thing that could happen is if all these guys went away and left us alone.

]]> By: NYC Educator http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13437 NYC Educator Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:35:41 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13437 I couldn't help noticing the Ed in 08 posters being waved enthusiastically behind Chris Matthews last night before the debate. It seemed like a lot of trouble to go through for a defunct organization. I recall their edublogger summit, held on school days, thus pretty much precluding participation of working teachers. I couldn’t help noticing the Ed in 08 posters being waved enthusiastically behind Chris Matthews last night before the debate. It seemed like a lot of trouble to go through for a defunct organization.

I recall their edublogger summit, held on school days, thus pretty much precluding participation of working teachers.

]]> By: Michael Robbins http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13415 Michael Robbins Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:47:29 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13415 I still want my Ed in '10 t-shirt http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/02/i-want-my-ed-in-10-t-shirt.html I still want my Ed in ‘10 t-shirt
http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/02/i-want-my-ed-in-10-t-shirt.html

]]> By: Bernie http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13409 Bernie Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:27:32 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13409 So we want no Ed in '08 from the feds, but we want Eli Broad to lay hands on us? Bring in our superintendent? Evaluate us for prizes? Maybe we should rethink. So we want no Ed in ‘08 from the feds, but we want Eli Broad to lay hands on us? Bring in our superintendent? Evaluate us for prizes?
Maybe we should rethink.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13381 Elizabeth Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:47:52 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13381 I'll put in 10 of my own dollars to the first person to create a web site/viral video kicking this off. I’ll put in 10 of my own dollars to the first person to create a web site/viral video kicking this off.

]]> By: GGW http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/10/education-in-08-has-a-place-in-heaven.html/comment-page-1#comment-13371 GGW Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:23:59 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3607#comment-13371 I think we could pull off a "No Ed in 2012" for perhaps $18 million, a 25% savings. I think we could pull off a “No Ed in 2012″ for perhaps $18 million, a 25% savings.

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