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JustUs February 27, 2013 at 03:31 pm
"I'd rather see a resident teacher in every maternity ward than a hundred overpaid guards at a…Read More prison"
Ok, Larry S. You arrange for the termination of hundreds of overpaid prison guards and I will consider your proposal.
In the meantime you are only throwing more fuel on the fire that will eventually bankrupt the state of California. Productive citizens will continue to flee the exhorbitant taxes and you will be left with illegal migrants, government workers and newspaper reporters. And we'll see how that works out.
"Taxpayers spend FAR more on each prisoner in California than on each child in a school."
So does that mean you want to rachet up the amount we spend on each child so that the State ends up with a budget deficit of $70B at the end of the fiscal year?
Get those $50,000 per inmate cost per year dropped to $25,000 and then we'll talk about your mandated preschool programs for children, Larry S. But not a minute beforehand. OK?
"If not, we become a 3rd world country that can't look to the future with any hope."
We already are a 3rd world nation. Haven't you look at LAUSD and Santa Ana's school districts lately?
Larry S February 27, 2013 at 02:02 pm
I'd rather see a resident teacher in every maternity ward than a hundred overpaid guards at a…Read More prison. Wouldn't it be better to start early and insure the success of a child rather than have our tax dollars go to prisons later? It happens. Taxpayers spend FAR more on each prisoner in California than on each child in a school. Time to reverse that inequity. This push for preschool education may be part of Obama's priorities but the movement has been around at least since the Reagan administration. The difference is Reagan was all talk...Obama wants action. This country is FAR behind other countries academically. If we want our children and grandchildren to be competitive we need to invest in them. If not, we become a 3rd world country that can't look to the future with any hope.
JustUs February 27, 2013 at 03:46 am
This is just another meaty bone that Obama and his liberal friends wants to throw to the teachers…Read More and their unions. They are turning school into a babysitting service. 5 or 6 is a plenty early age to start attending school. K-12 in California is already gobbling up 40% or more of the State Budget. We don't have a never ending supply of money. It doesn't grow on trees and we the people are overtaxed now as it is. Let the kids get acclimated to life in their family environments up to 5 years of age. Then they can enter the school grind for the next 12 years.
What's next? A resident teacher in every maternity ward throughout California?
Vince February 14, 2013 at 02:26 pm
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Carol Stull February 14, 2013 at 02:13 pm
Real history - not made up desertpatriot stuff. Public opinion poll worst president
ever - Geo W…Read More Bush followed by Harry Truman.
beaumontdave February 14, 2013 at 03:05 am
Their all still alive, the families involved, so I don't know about wishing them to rest in peace,…Read More maybe just wishing for peace for them.
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Also, our school said my son could go back to school as soon as he was treated, and they did not check for nits, nor do they have a no nits policy.
M Feldman January 12, 2013 at 04:46 am
Its an interesting idea. Now, though,who is going to pay for all the computers needed for these…Read More tests? To make the test fair, each student will have to take them at the same time. Where will the schools put them? Who will pay for IT staff to make sure they are operating properly? Who will pay the insurance for the computers, and for the extra electricity needed at each school site? Where are the facts behind the ability to implement this new plan? This plan needs more details explained.
navigio January 10, 2013 at 03:18 pm
Not only that, but CST participation rate is a metric for AYP, so a school that falls below the 95%…Read More threshold will not make AYP (not that that matters anymore, nor that it ever mattered for non-title1 schools like SM).
I would expect ongoing district assessments are used more than CSTs for placement for intervention given that there are more of them and they are more closely aligned with what is going on the classroom. If its true that schools are using CST results for individual intervention decisions, then I think parents should know that (and realize its probably a bad idea). Your school site council should have info on that since its job is to monitor things like that.
In any case, anyone who wants to opt out should also ask their child. They should have a say in the matter.
Louis Educe January 10, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Gail Ann, while you are correct on the parent opt out right please make sure and tell parents to ask…Read More the school/district what the STAR scores are used for with in the disrtict/school/grage-level. if the child is in the middle grades (7th and 8th are most important) these scores are used to make placement choices for high school courses. Many HS counselors will NOT look very closely at grades (A,Bs) because of the fear of grade inflation - unless you can make sure you child also have some non-biased, standardized (normed) test data their placement choices might be limited. If your child is a high performer you can have them start taking the PSAT in 8th grade (but they will be compared to 10th grade standards). At the lower grade levels the CST data is used to also make placement choices into intervention as well as higher level instructional clusters. Be well aware of the implications of withdrawing your child from the testing before you just exercise you right to "make a point"
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George Vreeland Hill December 30, 2012 at 02:52 am
The real winner is Henry J. Wasserman.
He is proof that this world still has people who care.
I…Read More hope he gets better and lives 100 more!
Jock December 29, 2012 at 01:56 pm
Agreed. Any advanced alien race reading this would happily skip this planet. Perhaps in the future…Read More this thread may be a teaching tool showing the discord, arrogance and ignorance of 21st century Americans. Angry rantings, most displaying the logic of children. Puke
Tim Sole December 29, 2012 at 01:40 pm
David, it is not as far fetched as you might believe. I'm simply looking at what those in power in…Read More prewar Europe did and stating that I'm not going to allow mankind to repeat those mistakes here in America. Every 60 or 70 years, we simply forget what happened and then repeat the same mistakes that earlier generations made.
Moyuoylcahn December 29, 2012 at 05:49 am
Max The Paper Boy, you are correct, I am not your voice... I am the voice of the voiceless! fyi,…Read More these are the top contributors/PAC to this year's National Election. The NRA is not among them. They are: Friends of John Boehner,RepublicanGovernors Assn,Club for Growth,EMILY's List,League of Conservation,FreedomWorks,Every Republican Is Crucial PAC,Arcus Foundation,Americans for Limited Government,Freedom Project,Susan B Anthony List,Senate Conservatives Fund,Hoyer for Congress,Friends of Jeb Hensarling,Nancy Pelosi for Congress,Blue Dog PAC,AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America,Majority Cmte PAC,Votesane PAC,Environment America...
The NRA makes it influence known primarily through campaign donations. In 2012 they spent a little over 2 million dollars. $1,845,000 of that came from The NRA itself, $360,000 came from it's subsidiary, NRA Institute for Legislative Action. The total amount spent lobbying for gun rights was only $5,535,651 for 2012. In a National Election that cost ran into the billions! Not everyone who supports The NRA is a dues paying member. Not all of us are even gun owners. We support the Right To Bear Arms just the same.
John hacker December 21, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I say we arrest anyone that has ever driven past a school. No wait, everyone that has ever gone to a…Read More school. Lets just arrest everyone everywhere. They are all a potential threat against our children. All humans need to be arrested. Now. We also need to remove all threats. Let arrest all germs and bacteria. Lets ban bicycles and cars. In fact we need to ban life, because being alive means you might die. Oh yea, while we are at it, lets vote to support Israel who slaughters children on a regular basis. I really do get a kick out of you stupid people.
Daniel Cooper January 9, 2013 at 06:06 pm
The right to bear arms was not given to us so that we could go duck hunting. The right to bear arms…Read More was given to us so that we would have the ability to rise up and take back our constitutional rights when the Government became corrupt and was acting outside of the powers that were given to them. The writers of the Constitution said it was our duty to do so.
There are many examples of Corruption. I will give you 1 example for arguments sake.
We were given the freedom of information act. When Dr Shirley Moore and Richard Fine discovered and exposed that the L.A. Superior Court Judges were excepting money that was not authorized by LAW and Sturgeon vs. Los Angeles County 1 declared those payments to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL the Judges paid a lobbyist to pass SBX211 that granted themselves (Retro Active Immunity from Prosecution).
When Government and Corporations are held to the same standards of the rule of LAW as the people are held. Then and only then could there be meaningful discussions about gun control.
When Government stops taking money from the people and giving it to banks and corporations and prosecutes blatant acts of corruption then gun control could be an option.
catman December 18, 2012 at 08:55 pm
I'd like to add that in the one instance where a group of 16 Jewish teenagers were able to get their…Read More hands on a few guns (and some homemade explosives) that it enabled them to hold off the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto for a full month before they were ultimately outgunned and killed.
Matthew Sanderson (Editor) December 17, 2012 at 02:07 am
Thanks for your contributions. We are now closing this discussion. You are welcome to view the…Read More conversation about gun legislation over here http://patch.com/A-0wNV
Galactic Cannibal December 16, 2012 at 11:45 pm
I voted twice for Pres Obama and would do a 3rd time if allowed.
But I will agree that his cry…Read More looked a bit unreal. the very few times I have cried tears roll down my cheek.
I saw no tear on Pres Obama's face.. why was that ?
Always Right December 16, 2012 at 11:36 pm
First of all, not every American can buy and own a gun. Our constitution gives those that can the…Read More right to do so. Sure you may be able to,with the help of liberal progressives, ban certain types of weapons. To ban all guns you would have to change the constitution. That will never happen period nor should it. If you don't want a gun, don't buy one.
John hacker December 18, 2012 at 11:52 am
Lets arm all children and let them kill anyone they think may be a threat.
Neil C. Reinhardt December 18, 2012 at 04:03 am
FIRST
I AGREE WITH WHAT DAISEN SAID. CRAZY PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY TO KILL! JUST LIKE THE GUY IN…Read More THE LINK BELOW WHO USED EXPLOSIVES TO KILL 38 KIDS.
AND LYNNETTES "LOCKED UP" SCHOOL WOULD HAVE PROVIED MUCH COST AND NO PROTECTION. PLUS, WHO SAYS A CRAZY PERSON WOULD NOT SIMPLY WAIT UNTIL THEY OPENED THE SCHOOL DOORS AND THEN SHOOT EVERY ONE?
WHILE WE REMEMBER THE DEAD AND THE OTHER VICTIMS WHICH THIS TERRIBLE EVENT HAS CAUSED, WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER IT IS NOT GUNS WHICH ARE THE PROBLEM.
NOPE!
IT IS CRAZY PEOPLE!
THE PROOF, ALONG WITH GREAT PICTURES AND STORY ON WHY IT IS REALLY NOT GUNS WHICH ARE THE PROBLEM, IS HERE!
http://www.thisistrue.com/d-newtown
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