Etcetera

Since all  our politicians in Washington are of the same political party, the neoliberal party, don't expect them to do anything about rising unemployment.  The 9.2 rate and the stalling of hiring is just what these jerks want.
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The chancellor of NYC schools is supposedly going to look into wrongdoing by principals against teachers, but like the blogger, I will believe it when I see it administrators are made to pay for their misconduct.

Teachers rarely risk their licenses to cheat; it is usually under pressure from administrators.  Teachers who refuse to change grades risk harassment and ultimately termination if they don't go along with these sociopaths in charge.

Administrators are rarely held accountable for their actions and few are fired.

Because of the culture of fear, few if any teachers will go to the head honcho and report abuse.
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Just like we who detested Obama always knew, he was going to put Social Security on the chopping block.
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The ending of the teaching of cursive writing in one state is indicative of the dumbing down of education.  Hell, a lot of teachers don't even know how to write in cursive, let alone how to spell or punctuate properly, so why should the kids?