What is Zionist or Neo-Con about Newt Gingrich wanting to get our federal government out of the schools? --- requiring some form of public service and providing America's poorest students with the world's best education is socialist in nature ... something zionists endorse
On Dec 28, 11:58 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > What is Zionist or Neo-Con about Newt Gingrich wanting to get our federal > government out of the schools? > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > don't you ever tire of presenting zionist neocon opinions? > > > On Dec 28, 8:57 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Schools should serve our children--not interest groups > > > * by Newt Gingrich > > > > New York City is home to more than 220,000 children living in poverty. > > > Many live in households with at least one parent who is not > > employed--and > > > as I wrote recently, two-thirds of those in extremely poor households > > > don't have even one parent who works. Hope and opportunity, for many of > > > these children, must seem a distant promise. > > > > For generations, America has entrusted our schools with the futures of > > our > > > children. Education, we have rightly told our kids, can help them get > > > ahead. Yet for the thousands of poor young New Yorkers who make their > > way > > > to school each morning, this, too, must seem hollow. More than one-third > > > of their schools are classified as "failing." Students pass through the > > > years despite struggling with basic skills like reading and writing. > > Fewer > > > than one in four is ready for college by the time they finish high > > school. > > > > Some people, however, are thriving in the city's failing schools. In > > many > > > of the same neighborhoods where children go home to extreme poverty and > > > households without a single working parent, custodians in the schools > > make > > > six figures. In fact, their union contracts guarantee many of them > > > salaries far in excess of teachers in the same schools. > > > > As the New York Post discovered last year, 20 public school janitors > > make > > > more than $140,000 a year. And the disparity is not limited to a few odd > > > cases: the base salary for a first year custodial engineer is almost > > > $80,000, while new teachers without graduate degrees make about $45,000, > > > NBC New York reported recently, teacher salaries max out at around > > $100,000 > > > in base pay, while the custodial engineers can make up to $114,000 in > > base > > > pay. > > > > Wouldn't it be great if New York City schools served their students as > > > well as they serve some of their custodians? > > > > Students--especially those from very poor families--would be better > > served > > > if they had the opportunity to earn money part-time at school by doing > > > some of the tasks custodians are now performing so expensively. > > > > Dozens of poor students could have part-time, paying jobs for the > > $100,000 > > > a year New York schools pay some custodians. For that amount, more than > > 30 > > > children could work just two hours each school day and each take home > > > $3,000 a year by the time they are 12 or 13 years old. > > > Some of this work could be clerical; other tasks could be janitorial, > > such > > > as cleaning the cafeteria, or emptying the trash, or vacuuming the > > > classrooms. These are similar to the chores many parents require their > > > kids to do at home, and it would allow 12- and 13- year olds to make > > money > > > they desperately need. Giving children the opportunity to earn money > > would > > > help teach work habits, and letting them do so in their schools would > > > build a stronger commitment to that community. > > > > This idea is not far from a proposal Time's Joe Klein made two decades > > > ago. As he recalled recently, he wrote "that the school janitors had a > > > contract that paid them more than teachers received (nearly $60,000--and > > > now nearly double that) but, according to said contract, they only were > > > required to mop the cafeteria floor once a week. I suggested at the time > > > that maybe the city could save some money by contracting out the > > > heavy-duty janitorial work, but also build some character and community > > > spirit by having the kids and their parents help keep the schools > > clean." > > > > Klein makes another excellent point about the work schools already > > require > > > students to do, observing the oddity that although "many high schools > > now > > > require some form of public service--often community cleanup > > > programs--said service can't take place within the school itself." > > > America's poorest students need the world's best education system, > > strong > > > work habits, opportunity, earned income, and a little hope. > > > Compared with using taxpayer money to pay custodians more than teachers > > > and multiple times the average income of neighborhood families, giving > > > students the opportunity to work hard and earn money at school makes a > > > world of sense. > > > > Your friend, > > > > Newt > > > > OnDayOne...Newt2012.jpg > > > 111KViewDownload > > > > RealChange.NewtGingrich.jpg > > > 81KViewDownload > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. 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