Wow I feel a bit testy now even from just reading about that mind-testing testi-monial-ev-ocative scores'espirit!
On Apr 11, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote: > Dear Neighbors, > > Jim Roebuck is not for privatization of public schools. Sen. Williams > considers himself to be most fortunate to have gone to a private school using > his father's political clout and his mother's wishes from his Black > professional Cobbs Creek neighborhood. > > If one wants to see what Charter Schools have wrought in inner-city > neighborhoods primarily of poor people of color, read this: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/10-year-old-i-want-to-know-why-after-vacation-i-have-to-take-test-after-test-after-test/2012/04/10/gIQA1sOz8S_blog.html#pagebreak > > Trust me. If Charter Schools were any good, they would have been done years > ago in the suburbs, (like SMART boards which we got in some Philadelphia > Public Schools on their 20th Anniversary in 2011 and not even the LATEST > ones) and the remnants would trickle down to city schools while suburban > public schools would have gone on to something greater. That is how it has > always been. > > If vouchers and Charters could not be sold by politicians in the suburbs, > they weren't any good. > > http://www.billtotten.blogspot.com/2007/08/big-enchilada.html > >