tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post1412153671474743496..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: When is a contract not a contract? Apparently, when one party is teachers and the other is the Department of EducationSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-57124453278647216812012-05-20T22:45:57.025-04:002012-05-20T22:45:57.025-04:00@pencadermom
The Vision Network contains about 25...@pencadermom<br /><br />The Vision Network contains about 25 schools scattered around DE, including one or two charters.<br /><br />You can find the whole list here<br /><br />http://www.vision2015delaware.org/network-map/<br /><br />You can also find a really penetrating article on Vision Network failures at Children and Educators First here<br /><br />http://elizabethscheinberg.blogspot.com/2012/05/paying-for-failure-vision-network-where.htmlSteven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-43210191868457992822012-05-20T22:00:08.118-04:002012-05-20T22:00:08.118-04:00Thank you. That is an easy to understand summary....Thank you. That is an easy to understand summary. Are all Delaware public schools part of Vision 2015? I hadn't heard it used (except for on Delaware Online and on the blogs) until I went to orientation at Hodgson a couple weeks ago. If NCS and Pencader Charter are part of it, I didn't know about it.Pencadermomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-59722526842651553432012-05-20T21:39:32.525-04:002012-05-20T21:39:32.525-04:00Race to the Top, variously abbreviated as R2T, RTT...Race to the Top, variously abbreviated as R2T, RTTT or RTT, is Barack Obama's and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's $4.5 Billion Game Show in which states compete to see who is willing to accept the most federal meddling in their government schools in return for grants that end up costing more than they are worth.<br /><br />It was Obama's attempt to outdo Bush's wildly unpopular No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-91519030819171149832012-05-20T21:28:07.369-04:002012-05-20T21:28:07.369-04:00@pencadermom
Not a dumb question at all.
Race to...@pencadermom<br /><br />Not a dumb question at all.<br /><br />Race to the Top is a Federal initiative of the Obama administration effectively replacing the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind.<br /><br />Vision 2015 is the Delaware home-grown education reform movement that's been around about ten years (in more optimistic times it was Vision 2012; I'm waiting for it to become Vision 2020). It is supported by Rodel, the Chamber of Commerce, and most of the business/corporate community of Delaware.<br /><br />Which pretty much also means that it is supported by the highest levels of state government.<br /><br />Voices 4 Delaware Education is a political PAC (501c4) that is the parallel to the Educational (501c3) PAC of the same name that is an arm of Rodel.<br /><br />Officially, legally, but not exactly ethically, V4DE political PAC is a completely separate entity from Rodel--but since 501c4 PACs don't have to reveal their donors or much of anything about their organization, who knows?<br /><br />John or pandora--did I get this essentially right?Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-55489471520460574272012-05-20T21:16:22.554-04:002012-05-20T21:16:22.554-04:00Steve, I know this is probably a dumb question and...Steve, I know this is probably a dumb question and one I should know the answer to, but as you might have noticed from some of my other posts on Kilroy, I am still trying to learn and sort through all I am learing.. Rodel, Voices4del, Race To the Top, etc.. my question is, is Race to the Top part of Rodel? <br />@Anon, your question makes even less sense than mine :)Pencadermomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-74649908110934878542012-05-20T19:34:23.234-04:002012-05-20T19:34:23.234-04:00Hey, Anon--
This is a political year.
I'm a ...Hey, Anon--<br /><br />This is a political year.<br /><br />I'm a Libertarian. Do you go to, say, Delawareliberal, and complain about them advocating daily for Barack Obama?<br /><br />The article as written, is solid and makes a point about intrusion. Then the ending, which you can take or leave, proposes that you think differently.<br /><br />Again--take it or leave it.Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-48996361823997728692012-05-20T18:51:48.004-04:002012-05-20T18:51:48.004-04:00Anon, I don't know, but Obama and Romney are i...Anon, I don't know, but Obama and Romney are indistinguishable and intrusionists. Yes, I made that word up.<br /><br />I can see voting for Johnson because Education is my issue, and these two are just not the solution.Ed Diagnosticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327161701331135519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-28881259686498260552012-05-20T18:28:27.907-04:002012-05-20T18:28:27.907-04:00Is the solution to every problem going to be to vo...Is the solution to every problem going to be to vote for Gary Johnson for president?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com