tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post880633655805589765..comments2024-03-28T11:36:22.391-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: Dumb Money or Dumb Coverage?Stephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-16568923370921218302011-02-26T14:12:21.381-05:002011-02-26T14:12:21.381-05:00Unwarranted swipe at teachers' unions ? Where ...Unwarranted swipe at teachers' unions ? Where is your data to back that up ? How many examples do you give and from where ? Why are there rubber rooms for teachers ? I suppose when the Feds recently cut back on welfare benefits so teachers wouldn't be laid off this was good for education. I mean if the kids die due to starvation or other causes related to poverty you will have smaller classroom sizes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-35939429727329702962009-08-04T19:15:13.331-04:002009-08-04T19:15:13.331-04:00In Finland over 96 percent of the teachers are mem...In Finland over 96 percent of the teachers are members of the teachers' union and they are evil - not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-8570658308302524162009-08-04T17:04:57.323-04:002009-08-04T17:04:57.323-04:00Thanks for taking the time to pick apart this piec...Thanks for taking the time to pick apart this piece of ... writing. Such facile and shifty arguments need to be answered.David Cohennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-83115354505054854942009-08-03T14:56:07.809-04:002009-08-03T14:56:07.809-04:00Thank you for this deconstructing. It's an eas...Thank you for this deconstructing. It's an easy exercise choosing success education models abroad for justifying internal policy. How many western people knows exactly the model of korean schools? How many people knows how many inhabitants has Finland? The Minister of Education in Italy is reintroducing old pedagogical model referring to OECD poor results of italian students, but the real goal is to save money. This year the increased number of students that didn't pass their final exams was considered a success as we came back to merit!epantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931850071217124438noreply@blogger.com