I am not involved in the issue, but I think it is good news. The right wingers have
been undermining funding for and public commitment to the public schools with voucher
programs. These have been upheld, e.g., in Cleveland and Milwaukee. They are attacked
on 1st amend., establishment clause
I get mail...
Hi James: With the safegards of public policy, do you really think we
would experience another great depression?
History never repeats itself exactly. Not only does this mean that we won't
see an instant replay of the 1930s, but that any new depression will pose
different
The voucher idea is bad for economic reasons: it allows private schools to
"cream skim," i.e., to attract the best students, leaving the problem kids
to the public school system to handle (which then gets blamed for failing
them). (There's adverse selection in that market.) Also, there are a
What's wrong with charter schools? No standards, no unions, no minimal safeguards of
educational quality. A private charter school in Chi-town, nonunion of course, failed,
hadn't kept adequate records for several years. the kids in it lost two years. How
many of the minority youth there do you
. . .
I don't get the judge's argument against vouchers, BTW. My son goes to a
non-profit "non-public school" because of his learning disability (mild
autism) and it's paid for by the public school system. It seems to me that
the judge is knocking down that kind of deal. . . .
You've got
Too bad the U.S. never had Red Guards.
Juchang He
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From: Max Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 11:27 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:17107] RE: The Danger of GDP
Where are the Red Guards when you need them?
mbs
Subject:
We do. They're all English professors.
They bludgeon us with idealist notions.
mbs
Too bad the U.S. never had Red Guards.
Juchang He
Where are the Red Guards when you need them?
mbs
Subject: [PEN-L:17103] The Danger of GDP
At 01:07 PM 3/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
What's wrong with charter schools? No standards, no unions, no minimal
safeguards of educational quality. A private charter school in Chi-town,
nonunion of course, failed, hadn't kept adequate records for several
years. the kids in it lost two years. How
Pen-l,
Any thoughts on Annan's call for an easing of economic sanctions against
Iraq? It would appear that when such a US puppet sends this message, a
change of official policy may be near. Is the timing of Annan's
recommendations and the rising price of oil on the world market a
Michael Pereleman, Please.Steve
Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, chang wrote:
Too bad the U.S. never had Red Guards.
Juchang He
- Original Message -
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000
RELEASED TODAY: In January, 206 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (4.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted), while
118 areas registered higher rates. Eleven metropolitan areas had rates
below 2.0 percent, with five of
I unsubbed him once and asked him to bug off. He knows he is unwelcome
here -- at least from my perspective. I will try to set up a filter to
keep him from resubbing.
Stephen E Philion wrote:
Michael Pereleman, Please.Steve
Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
from today's "Today's Paper's," from today's SLATE:
A big development in 80s and 90s journalism was the press's unabashed
idolatry of rich people. But now apparently, the media
doesn't just adore these folks--it feels sorry for them. Yesterday's LA
[TIMES] front had a lengthy takeout on the
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Max Sawicky wrote:
We do. They're [Red Guards] all English professors.
They bludgeon us with idealist notions.
No, no, they're the English departments themselves, who are run by a scary
bunch, who subject their hired serfs -- er, grad students -- to the Iron
Thesis Bowl
Well I was close.
mbs
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Max Sawicky wrote:
We do. They're [Red Guards] all English professors.
They bludgeon us with idealist notions.
No, no, they're the English departments themselves, who are run by a scary
bunch, who subject their hired serfs -- er, grad students --
What about the 1937 Flint strike and the recognition of the UAW? Roger and Me had
a lot of film about it, so I know the visual exist.
Joel Blau
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been asked by a documentary filmmaker who is doing a short (12 min.?)
film on US industrial history for a pretty
It means that intermittently, we still maintain a wall between church and
state. If you want to see an overview of this issue, you can take a look
at chapter 5, "Education: Choice, Profit, and Democracy" in Illusions
of Prosperity.
Joel Blau
Rod Hay wrote:
Any one involved in this issue that
I would be interested in seeing the answers to Patrick's questions so replies
on-list would be appreciated!
Patrick - Eugene Coyle's recent paper on the electricity industry (which
actually has wider implications) is well worth a look.
Re Stiglitz, I have a PDF copy of his paper, "Whither
Dear Ron,
"Charter schools" are 'public schools' that are run more from
the 'local level" by the principal and ususally group of PTA
activists and teachers and other school employees having
varied types of "consultative roles" --but I think in the end
the Principal (Administration) still
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