Cory Booker may be your friend now — Page 2

I hear you Givesmevoice, but for me it goes beyond Booker not being "pure" enough. I think he's just plain bad. And he has praised DeVos' work in the past.

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/01/13/the-stupid-war-on-cory-booker/



Or that you shouldn't jump you conclusions

dramamama611 said: "Or that you shouldn't jump you conclusions"

Well, if he indeed supports the right to buy imported drugs despite his vote on this amendment, has he made that clear? I would think that would help a lot.

Given his significant funding from the pharmaceutical industry (which I don't demonize, but which surely would oppose such a measure), he certainly doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.

This is an ambitious guy who has no principles.

After that disastrous confirmation hearing, I don't see how anyone, Democrat or Republican, could support her nomination.

Charter Schools have their merit. They are more accountable for the performance of their students. They don't have to tolerate students who are problems and many have long admissions waiting lists.

in this scenario, of course they will be more productive than the public school system. What vouchers will do is provide a choice of charter/public. What they are not telling you is that no charter school will take a low performing, problem students. That's their prerogative so all of those students will continue to flounder in a system that does nothing for them.

Despite the push for integration of special needs students into the mainstream, this policy has truly impacted the performance of the public school system. I would much rather use funds allocated for vouchers and return to special education schools where students with issues can be dealt with specifically and it not disrupt the learning of others.

On the subject of Corey Booker, he is a political opportunist that does nothing for the people he represents and is a true ass kisser.

yankeefan7 said: ""Despite the push for integration of special needs students into the mainstream, this policy has truly impacted the performance of the public school system. I would much rather use funds allocated for vouchers and return to special education schools where students with issues can be dealt with specifically and it not disrupt the learning of others. "

I guess maybe a special needs parent can answer better than me how having a special needs child in the mainstream helps the child more than having a special education school for their child.

As someone who has worked in both secondary and higher education and has seen both sides, I'm sure there are many parents who feel mainstreaming a special needs child removes a negative stigma of special education. The old perception that a student attending a special needs school s dumb, troublemaker or handicapped. However, the main reason is that municipalities and counties used to pay more than 4x the cost by sending their residents to such schools. They have mainstreamed many students that should have remained in those schools in order to receive the needed extra attention they deserve. Perhaps a better use of a voucher program would allow the parents and students the option of being mainstreamed or attending a specialized school for their specific needs.

mc1227 said: "yankeefan7 said: ""Despite the push for integration of special needs students into the mainstream, this policy has truly impacted the performance of the public school system. I would much rather use funds allocated for vouchers and return to special education schools where students with issues can be dealt with specifically and it not disrupt the learning of others. "

I guess maybe a special needs parent can answer better than me how having a special needs child in the mainstream helps the child more than having a special education school for their child.

As someone who has worked in both secondary and higher education and has seen both sides, I'm sure there are many parents who feel mainstreaming a special needs child removes a negative stigma of special education. The old perception that a student attending a special needs school s dumb, troublemaker or handicapped. However, the main reason is that municipalities and counties used to pay more than 4x the cost by sending their residents to such schools. They have mainstreamed many students that should have remained in those schools in order to receive the needed extra attention they deserve. Perhaps a better use of a voucher program would allow the parents and students the option of being mainstreamed or attending a specialized school for their specific needs."

In addition public schools that have a high rate of mainstreamed special education students are set up by the system to fail. The school where I work has a 40% special education rate. Those students have to take the same standardized test as the general education students. Due to education reform these are high stakes tests and no account is made for a school's special education rate.

So a school like mine will have its test results compared to other schools in the district that might have a special education rate of under 10%. That leads my school to be labeled as "failing". And under the constant threat of a loss of funding and reconstitution of the school. My school has had 4 principals in 5 years.

And getting labeled a failing school can have devastating consequences. The students know the school is failing so it sinks their morale. Faculty and staff,, who have to deal with challenges on a daily basis that fellow teachers in other districts might not ever see, feel like all their work is for nothing and are constantly worried about being transferred.

I am not against charter schools on principle. But they need to be regulated and there needs to be an equal playing field.

Updated On: 1/22/17 at 10:30 AM

Remember this commercial old timers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY

BroadwayRox3588 said: "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/cory-booker-president-2020/index.html"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFAdWQhomk