http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/the-original-odd-couples/ Since 1993, the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S. Fri, 31 May 2013 12:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.edreform.com/edspresso-shots/the-original-odd-couples/#comment-1836 Carolyn Carruth Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:34:59 +0000 http://www.edspresso.com/?p=3610#comment-1836 The costs, the failure and the institution's powerful political will are factors totally miss-read and least understood by America's taxpayers, the only element capable of challenging the sheer numbers of family and friends of public school employees who never miss a vote to self perpetuate, to self protect, to oppose accountability at all local, state and federal levels. Always demanding ever more money, shorter student contact hrs. lower standards, with focus of blame on social issues as the scape coat that covers unchecked pervasive mediocrity. It's Taxpayers who unwittingly allow all to be held hostage by union driven salary scales and termination costs while students fail basic expectancies. Until Elected officials at all levels tell the truth of real costs against real failure and do all to support choice in all venues America will continue to loose against those countries who value education. Only similar Tea Party efforts can possibly overpower the political will of public educators. Until knowledge that despite some 700 billion taxpayers commitment annually by taxpayers to educate some 60 million children is matched against the failure factors of this institution and its ultimate social cost against a nation, taxpayers have no choice but to continue past death to support this failed institution and why significant change without choice is not possible. The costs, the failure and the institution’s powerful political will are factors totally miss-read and least understood by America’s taxpayers, the only element capable of challenging the sheer numbers of family and friends of public school employees who never miss a vote to self perpetuate, to self protect, to oppose accountability at all local, state and federal levels.
Always demanding ever more money, shorter student contact hrs. lower standards, with focus of blame on social issues as the scape coat that covers unchecked pervasive mediocrity. It’s Taxpayers who unwittingly allow all to be held hostage by union driven salary scales and termination costs while students fail basic expectancies. Until Elected officials at all levels tell the truth of real costs against real failure and do all to support choice in all venues America will continue to loose against those countries who value education. Only similar Tea Party efforts can possibly overpower the political will of public educators. Until knowledge that despite some 700 billion taxpayers commitment annually by taxpayers to educate some 60 million children is matched against the failure factors of this institution and its ultimate social cost against a nation, taxpayers have no choice but to continue past death to support this failed institution and why significant change without choice is not possible.

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