As the school year slowly grinds to a end, I'm finding less and less time to post entries... I keep on thinking of fantastic entries while driving my car. Unfortunately, death caused by fiery car crash is not on my top ten list, so they've been pushed to side.
A couple of weeks ago, I read Margaret Spelling's inteview on closing the achievement gap. I think it was posted in NYT, (but done on NPR?) but it's been archived, so I'm going off of memory. The comment that made me stop short was one in which Ms. Spellings said something along of the lines of Hispanic mother's questioning their schools as to why their child wasn't achieving as high as other students. The first thing that popped into my mind, was how unRepublican the remark was... isn't the foundation of the Republican party that individuals are responsible for their own success and that the government isn't? Shouldn't this mother be sacrificing something (electricity? - Abraham Lincoln didn't need it) to walk to a public library (supported with private donations from some bleeding heart liberal) and force the child to read instead of letting them play outside? And for that matter, why is this mother letting her child go to a public school? Shouldn't a voucher have been found for a private or charter school?
Does the President realize that his Education Secretary is telling the general public to demand services from the government? What's next? "Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!"
A couple of weeks ago, I read Margaret Spelling's inteview on closing the achievement gap. I think it was posted in NYT, (but done on NPR?) but it's been archived, so I'm going off of memory. The comment that made me stop short was one in which Ms. Spellings said something along of the lines of Hispanic mother's questioning their schools as to why their child wasn't achieving as high as other students. The first thing that popped into my mind, was how unRepublican the remark was... isn't the foundation of the Republican party that individuals are responsible for their own success and that the government isn't? Shouldn't this mother be sacrificing something (electricity? - Abraham Lincoln didn't need it) to walk to a public library (supported with private donations from some bleeding heart liberal) and force the child to read instead of letting them play outside? And for that matter, why is this mother letting her child go to a public school? Shouldn't a voucher have been found for a private or charter school?
Does the President realize that his Education Secretary is telling the general public to demand services from the government? What's next? "Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!"
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