In an unwelcomed assertion of state power, the Texas Education Agency has implemented a “New Education System” in the Houston Independent School District, re…

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    10 months ago

    This smells like a way for Republicans to drive people to home schooling and then cut public school funding.

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        Worse. It’s part of the school to prison pipeline. So they are basically going to remove the right to vote from these students in the future.

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      Remember when a certain demographic was saying that every school shooting was an inside job by the left to push gun control? The question I always had was…who actually stands to gain from implying public education is dangerous?

      That’s right: private schools. And who was the secretary of education at the time these conspiracies were getting pushed? That’s right, Betsy DeVos - charter school proponent.

      That’s my counter-conspiracy. I don’t think it’s true, but it makes a hell of a lot more sense than an anti-gun protest.

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    Is Greg Abbott’s lack of a spine the reason he uses a wheelchair or just an ironic coincidence?

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    It’s a shame they didn’t have the funding to keep the libraries open. On the other hand, schools desperately need more discipline. There are horror stories from teachers on /r/teachers. Physical assault. Guns. Drugs. It’s insane, and there are almost no repercussions. If the previous system didn’t provide a high quality of education, I’m all for using a proven model instead.

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      They don’t cite funding as the reason, but low test scores. As if getting rid of libraries and punishing kids instead will raise test scores.

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      I don’t think “disciplinary centers” are a “proven model” for healthy education

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      I’m all for using a proven model instead.

      What “proven model” would that be? It sure as fuck isn’t anything similar to this.