Comments on: Keep Spreading the Message to Help D.C. Kids Keep Their Scholarships http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/ Keeping an eye on Colorado laws, policies, and other developments that affect parents’ educational choices Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:46:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ed is Watching » I Promise (Mostly) to Cut Back on Using the “It’s For the Kids” Line http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/comment-page-1/#comment-6750 Ed is Watching » I Promise (Mostly) to Cut Back on Using the “It’s For the Kids” Line Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:39:09 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=221#comment-6750 [...] not perfect. Using the “for the children” argument is something I have resorted to only on a few occasions. I’ve even had fun mocking someone for using the counter-intuitive “blame the [...] [...] not perfect. Using the “for the children” argument is something I have resorted to only on a few occasions. I’ve even had fun mocking someone for using the counter-intuitive “blame the [...]

]]> By: Ed is Watching » Don’t Let Union and Congress Grinches Stop D.C. Opportunity Scholarships http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/comment-page-1/#comment-5674 Ed is Watching » Don’t Let Union and Congress Grinches Stop D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:37 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=221#comment-5674 [...] the poor kids in our nation’s capital who benefit from the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship [...] [...] the poor kids in our nation’s capital who benefit from the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship [...]

]]> By: Ed is Watching » Not “For the Children”, Blaming the Children: A Unique Policy Approach http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/comment-page-1/#comment-4079 Ed is Watching » Not “For the Children”, Blaming the Children: A Unique Policy Approach Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:42:33 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=221#comment-4079 [...] It’s become a cliche. Hey, I’m not blaming anyone … I’ve made the *“for the children” schpeel once or twice [...] [...] It’s become a cliche. Hey, I’m not blaming anyone … I’ve made the *“for the children” schpeel once or twice [...]

]]> By: Ed is Watching » Politicians Attacking Successful, Locally-Supported DC Choice Program http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Ed is Watching » Politicians Attacking Successful, Locally-Supported DC Choice Program Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:31:40 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=221#comment-3439 [...] who don’t like school choice, but don’t feel bad for me. Instead, get angry about the kids in Washington DC who are in the middle of a political tug-of-war over their Opportunity Scholarships and educational [...] [...] who don’t like school choice, but don’t feel bad for me. Instead, get angry about the kids in Washington DC who are in the middle of a political tug-of-war over their Opportunity Scholarships and educational [...]

]]> By: Jamesm http://www.ediswatching.org/2009/03/keep-spreading-the-message-to-help-dc-kids-keep-their-scholarships/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Jamesm Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:08:36 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=221#comment-2360 Terry Moe has a great article on the issue of school board control. Here's how it ends: It would be extreme, then, to say that the unions totally dominate their school boards. But there is still a serious problem. School-board elections are supposed to be the democratic means by which ordinary citizens govern their own schools. The board is supposed to represent “the people.” But in many districts it really doesn’t. For with unions so powerful, employee interests are given far more weight in personnel and policy decisions than warranted, and school boards are partially captured by their own employees. Democracy threatens to be little more than a charade, serving less as a mechanism of popular control than as a means by which employees promote their own special interests. Search "The Union Label on the Ballot Box-How school employees help choose their bosses" Terry Moe has a great article on the issue of school board control. Here’s how it ends:
It would be extreme, then, to say that the unions totally dominate their school boards. But there is still a serious problem. School-board elections are supposed to be the democratic means by which ordinary citizens govern their own schools. The board is supposed to represent “the people.” But in many districts it really doesn’t. For with unions so powerful, employee interests are given far more weight in personnel and policy decisions than warranted, and school boards are partially captured by their own employees. Democracy threatens to be little more than a charade, serving less as a mechanism of popular control than as a means by which employees promote their own special interests.

Search “The Union Label on the Ballot Box-How school employees help choose their bosses”

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