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mopinko

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14. and what would be the percentage of teachers nationwide?

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #13)

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 02:07 PM

Jul 2014

come on. there is a generation shift going on in the field, and the days where teacher was the only decent job for an african american are over.
lets stop this simple minded name calling and have a productive discussion.

i find it just so, so telling that as a parent i am continually shot down in this forum. i know good and well that i am not alone in this.
the best teachers i know listen to parents.

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this is not my rant. this is the rant from a psyche worker in chicago public schools. karen lewis. [View all] mopinko Jun 2014 OP

I don't know enough about this particular situation to opine on enlightenment Jun 2014 #1

but i think it is important to remember this fact- compulsory education mopinko Jun 2014 #3

Like I said, I don't know enough to opine - enlightenment Jun 2014 #6

A Hot Mess.... NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #2

i think i am pretty invisible here. mopinko Jun 2014 #4

I subscribe to this group but rarely check in. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #5

Corporate apologist bullshit. eridani Jul 2014 #7

there is no corporation here. just 2 moms on the ground. mopinko Jul 2014 #8

So your two moms don't think that poor kids deserve libraries or counselors? n/t eridani Jul 2014 #9

called a false equivalence mopinko Jul 2014 #10

Which you fix by closing their libraries? n/t eridani Jul 2014 #11

which you fix by closing half empty schools mopinko Jul 2014 #12

Baloney. Central office determines the budget for each school. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2014 #13

and what would be the percentage of teachers nationwide? mopinko Jul 2014 #14

and most librarians here are paid out of chapter one funds mopinko Jul 2014 #15

Do not agree! lunasun Jul 2014 #16

well, a slightly more in depth conversation is what i was hoping for. mopinko Jul 2014 #17