Comments on: Duncan’s the one http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Aubrey http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42205 Richard Aubrey Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:57:53 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42205 Note that the criticism is of Obama. He's choosing for the EdSec a guy whose previous gig was running schools which were so bad Obama wouldn't put his kids in them. Of course, it wasn't all his fault. But the point is that many on the dem side want to limit choice to those who have the necessarily big bucks to pay for it, and not allow vouchers. The proles have to take the crap. Um. Is that new? Note that the criticism is of Obama. He’s choosing for the EdSec a guy whose previous gig was running schools which were so bad Obama wouldn’t put his kids in them.
Of course, it wasn’t all his fault. But the point is that many on the dem side want to limit choice to those who have the necessarily big bucks to pay for it, and not allow vouchers.
The proles have to take the crap. Um. Is that new?

]]> By: Richard Aubrey http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42204 Richard Aubrey Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:35:28 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42204 Mike. Why? Mike.
Why?

]]> By: Bart http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42203 Bart Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:21:34 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42203 ...not that it's necessarily a bad thing. …not that it’s necessarily a bad thing.

]]> By: Bart http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42202 Bart Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:58:30 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42202 William F. Buckley should be happy, close as we are to being governed by the first 200 names in the phone book. William F. Buckley should be happy, close as we are to being governed by the first 200 names in the phone book.

]]> By: Rory http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42201 Rory Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:44:25 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42201 I apologize for not spell checking above. I apologize for not spell checking above.

]]> By: Rory http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42200 Rory Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:43:31 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42200 Quite frankly, I think the Sidwell school and the Chicago Lab schools are only better because they are selective. I guarantee if you take the private school teachers and put them into the public schools, and visa versa, the schools would get the same results. I choose to send my kids to public schools because I see through the hype. I also don't think school choice is out of bounds at all, in fact it's one of the most revealing decisions that a public figure can make. Simply put, either Obama doesn't believe public schools are adequate (and he could of chosen any public or charter school in Chicago), or he simply doesn't want his kids associating with common people. Just because Arne Duncan is a good choice, doesn't mean that Obama still isn't a hypocrit when it comes to public schools and education. And just in case people accuse me of being a "pro-voucher" advocate, I am completely against vouchers. Quite frankly, I think the Sidwell school and the Chicago Lab schools are only better because they are selective. I guarantee if you take the private school teachers and put them into the public schools, and visa versa, the schools would get the same results. I choose to send my kids to public schools because I see through the hype.

I also don’t think school choice is out of bounds at all, in fact it’s one of the most revealing decisions that a public figure can make.

Simply put, either Obama doesn’t believe public schools are adequate (and he could of chosen any public or charter school in Chicago), or he simply doesn’t want his kids associating with common people.

Just because Arne Duncan is a good choice, doesn’t mean that Obama still isn’t a hypocrit when it comes to public schools and education.

And just in case people accuse me of being a “pro-voucher” advocate, I am completely against vouchers.

]]> By: anon http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42199 anon Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:21:03 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42199 Because Chicago's schools have done so well, you see..... Because Chicago’s schools have done so well, you see…..

]]> By: Diana Senechal http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42198 Diana Senechal Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:11:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42198 Joanne, thank you for mentioning my piece and representing it as a criticism of the "muddy language" of both Brooks and Kohn. That was how I intended it, though I focused on Kohn's points. Joanne, thank you for mentioning my piece and representing it as a criticism of the “muddy language” of both Brooks and Kohn. That was how I intended it, though I focused on Kohn’s points.

]]> By: Mrs. Davis http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42197 Mrs. Davis Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:45:17 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42197 Rory was making an observation Criticism would be: "What is wrong with the Obama's? Only an idiot would send their child to Sidwell Friends instead of the DC public schools." Rory was making an observation Criticism would be: “What is wrong with the Obama’s? Only an idiot would send their child to Sidwell Friends instead of the DC public schools.”

]]> By: Amy Strecker http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/12/duncans-the-one/#comment-42196 Amy Strecker Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:52:32 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6701#comment-42196 Scratch that "I" for an "A" Scratch that “I” for an “A”

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