Forget About the Economy… Statist Obama & the Radicals in Congress Plan to Revamp Education System Next
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, March 14, 2010, 10:33 AM
It’s the economy, stupid!
…No, it’s not.
Get ready for some more hope and change.
Despite the fact that the unemployment rate is nearly 10% under this administration and deficits are through the roof, Team Obama and the radicals in Congress will focus on revamping the education system next if they are able to ram Slaughtercare through Congress.
The Politico reported:
President Barack Obama unveiled his plan for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s school system Saturday, proposing changes he says would shift emphasis from teaching to the test to a more nuanced assessment of judging school and student progress.
On Monday, Obama will submit his blueprint for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind law to Congress, and he’s given lawmakers a powerful incentive to take up the bill this year—his budget proposal includes a $1 billion bonus should new legislation land on his desk this year.
Obama’s proposal would toss out the core of the Bush-era law, which calls for across-the-board proficiency from all students in reading and math by 2014, and instead emphasize revamped assessment tools that link teacher evaluations to student progress, and a goal of having students career and college ready upon graduation.
Here’s what you can expect…
Recently, the Obama Administration cut funding to Upward Bound, a successful educational program with a proven track record. Upward Bound provides support to participating students in their preparation for college entrance. At the same time, despite the runaway federal spending and record budget deficits, Barack Obama is including $410 million in the 2011 budget for his “safe schools” czar Kevin Jennings. This is an increase of $45 million over last year’s budget.
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katy commented:
GWP. Best up to date conservative site on the web!
This is outrageous. Pushing kids into mind numb artsy education and curtailing math, sciences, history, etc.
Preparing them not for a career but for a life of entitlement.
bill-tb commented:
Do they hand out brown-shirts for the students to wear? Force classes in NObama poster art?
kato commented:
You pay her rent. You pay for her food. You pay for the Rocawear outfit, the Coach bag, and the top-of-the-line Blackberry. You may as well pay for her health coverage.
She just wants to sit home, get fat, get pregnant, and collect her Obama Money.
Opus #6 commented:
A 1 billion dollar bonus? Will Obama pay this out of his own paycheck? Because I don’t remember authorizing him to use MY tax money to bribe congress to work on HIS RADICAL AGENDA!
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wanumba commented:
Not sure this is a revamp as so much as a pedal to the metal of the current Progressive Left-union-dominated state of education.
The real target is to shut down charter schools, private schools, home schools. Didn’t one university in California come up recently with excuses to refuse admittance to home schoolers based on not having the “correct” background – as defined by the Progressives?
As long as there are private colleges in the USA, this can be dodged, but the Obama nationalization of college loans will make it possible to demand certain education curriculum outcomes in order to qualify for funding. The weak economy will close the struggling colleges, forcing more students into public university warehousing.
Squeeze, squeeze, undermine, squeeze.
Charles D commented:
The goal of ObamaEd is to close down the public school system and replace it with corporate-run charter schools. Your mistrust of the program is well placed if misguided. As for the “nationalization of student loans” wanumba refers to, this is a great way to reduce government expenditures by not paying private banks to do something that doesn’t add value.
Carol Herman commented:
They can’t make it any worse! As to what can happen, ahead? Just like the ‘one room’ classroom, we may see a defeat of the “model.” Replaced by laptops. And, teachers who are dynamic ON STAGE. Rooms will be administered by types who can toss you out. But who don’t teach a thing. And, the whole system will be SPEEDED UP!
Where the model really fails is that people’s intelligence is distributed over a wide variety of skills. There will always be basketball players. There will always be the 10% to 20%, at most, who thrive on books! And, we will go back to a model of SKILLS BUILDING. Which means PART TIME WORK for most teachers, as they’ll also expect to be plumbers, electricians, and what have you. Who pass on skills.
You think I’m kidding? Well, when a middle class first grew in the 1500′s, guilds were born. And, people vied to get their kids into fields where they didn’t have to just farm for subsistence. If I’m wrong? We will go back to subsistence farming, first.
reader commented:
Gleichschaltung.
Corporal Vere commented:
The economy is the last thing the filthy animals want to foster.
The private sector is racist and unjust. They are destroying life, liberty, and the prusuit of happiness. The subversion of the children is a prerequisite.
What about the Children! Indeed.
averagemelon commented:
I’ve got the torch and the map. Who’s got the gasoline and the handcuffs?
The Nazis are back in town and I’m ready to round them up.
squeaky commented:
indoctrinating the future. get them young and
destroy the last vestiges of what they consider
old world morals. it takes a lot less work than
retraining or breaking down a reluctant populace. when abnormal behavior is now the
norm…….
Sojourner commented:
.. from the Chicago Tribune,ironically, a cartoon first published in 1934..
It’s titled: ‘ Planned Economy or Planned Destruction.’ Only the DC player names have changed, the danger remains.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2470519/posts
squeaky commented:
from doug ross – for that special congresscritter
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-amazing-new-product-idea-just-in.html
Saint commented:
Oh Christ. In other words, he’s giving the teachers unions more money from bonuses which they can then use to fund the Democrats.
The Republicans should counter by privitizing all schools and replacing public education with a voucher system.
Costa commented:
Here’s an incident that reflects what school is all about now. This happened last week.
School cafeteria worker, at the register, asked my teen boy if he wanted to donate to a certain charity. He said no, she said, with a wave of the hand “shoot, get yer self outta here ya cheapo!”
Called the BOE, employees are not allowed to ask for donations of any kind in school and the charity the cafe worker named is not soliciting at this time. Seems as though there is another agenda besides bad education in the halls of the schools. Student funded/cafeteria workers fun money.
Im still livid, ready to take the whole BOE on for this one!
Spunky commented:
The goal is national standards benchmarked internationally. This is all the work of Marc Tucker (think Clinton era and OBE/Goals 2000) with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, repackaged for the 21st Century.
Obama’s blueprint coincides with the Common Core State Standards unveiled last week. Forty eight of the the fifty states (Texas and Alaska excepted) have signed up.
Obama will claim this is all state-led and give us his “local control” schtick with the feds just supporting their initiative but Race for the Top competition for dollars proves just the opposite. Obama began pushing for this last year and now has his “sweet sixteen” states which are in the running for the finals and the pot of gold. It’s March madness time in Washington.
What we are moving toward is preschool through college (P-16) “seamless system” of international standards for the nation’s children, including students tested and tracked to guide them to be ready to compete for jobs in the global economy and declare career majors by the ninth or tenth grade. Think Europe.
The NY Times recently wrote, “The new system of high school coursework with the accompanying board examinations is modeled largely on systems in high-performing nations including Denmark, England, Finland, France and Singapore.”
What is sad, is how few American “tea party” activists are really upset about this. Health care has captivated our attention while Obama is quickly taking over the schools and in turn the minds of our children. Unless parents begin to understand that standardized compulsory public education centrally controlled is the lynch pin that socialism hinges, we’ll continue to fight skirmishes with some success but ultimately lose the war.
Spunky commented:
I’d love to see the Tea Party leaders take on the education issue as hard as they have the health care issue. Public demonstrations are great motivators but mass meetings won’t stop this.
This whole new system hinges on standardized tests. Obama will claim this is for accountability. But if that were true, tests could be anonymous and a statistical sample would be sufficent. But it’s not. These reforms require 100% compliance and the testing of all students.
So, the easiest way to bring this to a halt in a hurry is for parents to keep their children home on testing days at their school. But that’s the unknown question. It’s easy to protest on a weekend, but come Monday morning do “tea party” parents really have the stomach to take it to the next level and say no to the tests?
Palinfan commented:
Why has not one goddamned Republican jumped all over Obama for Kevin Jennings and his blantantly pedophile background? The blogs and talk radio were on it for a while, but now the focus is this catastrophe of Obamacare.
Rock commented:
The sad truth is Americans have proven to be not only naive, but willfully ignorant of the threat the extreme left presents to our Nation. The Progressive slim that now holds the reins of Government in our Nations Capital see this as their moment of triumph at the destruction of this Republic. In only one year look at the knives they have used to carve this Country up. Two of the Big Three now must bow towards D.C. Banks, and home ownership are under their thumb. The EPA feels comfortable with threatening Congress. Union leadership with a eye on world membership has a place at the table. Bogus science is being used in an attempt to further tax American’s, while the powerful and rich become even more so. Huge land grabs in States across the Union by the Feds has for the most part gone unchallenged. And now water rights are at threat. The Presidents attacks Members of the Supreme Court without batting an eye lash. His own justice Department ignores voter fraud, and intimidation cases. His Homeland Security Chief suggest that veterans, and Americans who disagree with the President may be considered terrorist. The Speaker of the House implies the same thing. Healthcare is but another money, and power grab by D.C. Do not be surprised if sometime before the 2012 elections that a national emergency is declared and elections are put off. Do not expect the Tea Party to win this war alone. Look at history nothing that has transpired here is new or unheard of, and is but a repeat of the destruction other uniformed populations. If you are not talking with your neighbors, getting involved and demanding accountability from those you have elected then you have no complaint when its gone. Being lazy, wishing, and hiding in your living room gives the left a easy victory. Control of your children s mind and life is just another brick in the wall.
Joanne commented:
Obama is following the socialist playbook to a letter – he is going to control everything if he has his way.
Spunky commented:
State controlled compulsory education is a socialist idea that predates Obama. So this isn’t a surprise. Obama’s just boldly announcing what has been in the works for quite a long time. Until conservatives understand and accept that fact, we’re going to see little victories here and there and a polite nod of deference to parents on occasion but the larger battle will be lost.