Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Aug 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Across the country, schools started this week and some start after Labor Day. You would think it would be smooth sailing for parents and kids. However, leave it to unions to screw up the beginning of the school year.
Both in the District of Columbia and Scranton, PA union members screamed a storm over compensation packages [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Currently, there is a salary dispute between the United Teachers of Dade and the school board. Today, teachers were supposed to receive salary raises but the money hasn’t come from the State due to budget restrictions.
So, today union members protested and brought in the United Way to help send a message to school board members.
The [...]
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 29th, 2008 No Comments »
What you are about to read, will make you want to barf:
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - School boards in some New Jersey towns still give perks to their superintendents that would make almost any employee envious and any taxpayer mad.
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Since word got out in May that Barbara Trzeszkowski, the school superintendent in tiny Keansburg, was retiring [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Last night on World News Tonight, Barack Obama essentially said that school choice is a bad thing.
What is school choice?
A parent’s right to choose the best school for their kids, whether it be public or private.
Simple enough.
So, what’s his hang up?
Read the transcript below:
TAPPER: You talked about the need to change the status quo in [...]
Posted in Sweet, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The Wall Street Journal has a fantastic article responding to Democrats hatred towards parents.
Parents ability to escape terrible DC public schools.
Parents ability to access a scholarship program that helps them pay for a private education, when a public one is failing and the government can’t seem to provide any other viable options.
Screw unions. Screw democrats.
Down [...]
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday, Democratic Congresswoman Norton (D.C.) said the following to the Washington Post:
We have to protect the children, who are the truly innocent victims here,” said Norton, who like many Democrats opposes vouchers as a threat to public school systems. “But I can tell you that the Democratic Congress is not about to extend this program.”
Her [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up, Why Timmy can't read on Jun 9th, 2008 6 Comments »
Recently, I was driving through a Chicago neighborhood and I found this: Stay on track…No school.
This is an example of why Chicago has a drop out problem.
What makes this worse is that parents are stuck with this type of shitty public school, Hay Elementary Community Academy.
Hay Elementary students’ can’t read or write [...]
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