tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post5952790575532922034..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Save Education (and GOP Consistency): Dump No Child Left Behindcaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-4990066496256978142010-11-16T05:42:39.819-07:002010-11-16T05:42:39.819-07:00I find Mera's proposal for complete local fund...I find Mera's proposal for complete local funding of public schools and her proposal for a tax deduction for not using public schools to contradict each other. A "tax deduction" implies an income tax deduction. School districts don't levy income taxes nor does the state of South Dakota. "Tax deduction" implies federal income tax. In her second sentence she demands local funding of schools "NOT the state, NOT the feds". A federal tax deduction would be a direct federal subsidy to those people that don't use the public schools. An obvious contradiction in her positions.Nick Nemecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-7452605407053973532010-11-15T19:46:32.555-07:002010-11-15T19:46:32.555-07:00...and according to Sir Ken Robinson above, we nee......and according to Sir Ken Robinson above, we need to be biased toward divergent thinking and aesthetic experiences. Does your school (public, parochial, or home) do that?caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-81803925994381260422010-11-15T19:45:46.866-07:002010-11-15T19:45:46.866-07:00Mera, if you and I and Kristi Noem can form a coal...Mera, if you and I and Kristi Noem can form a coalition just long enough to kill NCLB, I'm in! We can argue about the size and advisability of that tax deduction, as well as the merits of the one-room school, afterward.<br /><br />Curious: is bias inherently bad? And do schools not acknowledge their bias? When I teach, I always acknowledge my bias as a teacher. At the front of the classroom, I am biased toward democracy, constitutional liberty, civic responsibility, good grammar....caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-21409501271775909362010-11-15T18:27:25.351-07:002010-11-15T18:27:25.351-07:00Cory,
For once I totally agree with you--get the f...Cory,<br />For once I totally agree with you--get the feds COMPLETELY out of education. Local school boards should make the decisions and LOCAL parents, businesses, and families should pay for education--NOT the state, NOT the feds. Each local school should be financed locally. By all means students should be dressed in business casual and should address their teachers and peers as one would have to behave to keep a job. Less sports, more work study, smaller schools. Our BEST students came from one room schools where teachers and students worked together to teach the younger students. More churches should have small schools, more families should home school. If one choses NOT to use the public school system a tax deduction should be provided.<br />Schools, like newspapers and other media are by nature bias. Therefore we should quit pretending that they are not and openly declare what each one is teaching or the bias that they are reporting from.Mera Weisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-21646769994175694132010-11-15T15:52:59.449-07:002010-11-15T15:52:59.449-07:00Thanks, Lena, for the opinion from the trenches! I...Thanks, Lena, for the opinion from the trenches! If you get a chance, see if you can get an opinion on that video from your teachers. Hmm... that might even make an interesting article for the school newspaper!caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-67149185296352994942010-11-15T15:47:11.918-07:002010-11-15T15:47:11.918-07:00Honestly that doesn't really bother me. I mean...Honestly that doesn't really bother me. I mean education should come first. Shouldn't it?<br /><br />Lena Peterson<br />Deuel High SchoolLina Kuypershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961000675118312426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-47740346968687373032010-11-15T13:16:12.269-07:002010-11-15T13:16:12.269-07:00Ms. Peterson, would you care to comment on this st...Ms. Peterson, would you care to comment on this statement?<br /><br />"Add heritage languages to schools. Teach high school men and women in separate classrooms dressed in business casual. Engage high schoolers in administration with a voting member. Eliminate middle schools."larry kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855417104900624838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-3356606980041649802010-11-15T13:06:46.149-07:002010-11-15T13:06:46.149-07:00As a student I dislike the no child gets left behi...As a student I dislike the no child gets left behind act, it seems like it was a step in education reform, but it wasn't a helpful one. I hope one day that our government will be more progressive with education reforms, and no child left behind act is really just a sad excuse for a law on education.<br /><br />Lena Peterson<br />Deuel High SchoolLina Kuypershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961000675118312426noreply@blogger.com