Comments on: Jerry Brown’s ignorant — literally — views on school reform

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:45:04 +0000

3. Provide taxpayer dollars for private schools.
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Stevie, I think you’re on to something here, but not provide taxpayer dollars to only PRIVATE schools, but ANY SCHOOL, public or private, that has a better education model and can show better results, isn’t that what our country’s model was born from???

By: stevefromsacto

stevefromsacto — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:23:00 +0000

Non-union dogma, Chapter One:

1. Cut funds to public schools.
2. Determine funding for public schools by the wealth of the district in which they are located or the parents whose children attend.
3. Provide taxpayer dollars for private schools.

More to come.

By: double l

double l — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:57:10 +0000

There may not be many non-union school districts left in the State, but those that are still standing are not driven by union dogma. The teachers and the administration should be able to determine what is best for their district rather than some tin-horn bureaucrat from Sacramento. The district must teach the standards as determined by the state and not teach to the tests that are imposed on the students. If students are taught properly and given a well rounded experience, they will get a good education. The districts are given performance standards that they must achieve or pay the consequence of being taken over by the state. Performance pay for teachers would be very tough to impose because of the diversity of the students. However, a district could and should help any struggling teachers maximize their effectiveness.