tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post3401724624858223117..comments2024-03-23T05:55:29.759-04:00Comments on Bonsai from the Right: Detroit May Close Half of Its Schools to Pay for Union BenefitsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905362327313044045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-27518004577867643272011-01-22T10:11:53.473-05:002011-01-22T10:11:53.473-05:00Where did it say that "Teachers wages and ben...Where did it say that "Teachers wages and benefits" were to blame for closing all of the proposed cuts?<br /><br />I like how you take a serious issue and boil it down till it fits your partisan beliefs and then attack it. This type of discussion shows your not interested in Detroit and its failing schools only advancing your feelings about unions. Too bad because the city and state needs thoughtful people not partisan keyboard warriors to get us out of this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-33793856168913829592011-01-18T18:28:51.235-05:002011-01-18T18:28:51.235-05:00A report from Education Week, a weekly education n...A report from Education Week, a weekly education newspaper, has done a study showing that Detroit’s dropout rate is 75%. However, the bureaucrats at Detroit Public Schools are going ape because they say the numbers are “totally erroneous.” They say that they report a graduation rate of 67% to the state. So who is telling the truth? They both are. The difference is that Michigan school districts are only required to report the graduation rate of current seniors. In other words, they calculate it by taking the number of students who graduate from the 12th grade and dividing it by the number of students who started the 12th grade that year. The Education Week report takes the more realistic approach of taking the number of students who actually graduate from the 12th grade and divide it by the number who started the 9th grade. You see, many of the students who drop out do so before the 12th grade. Detroit Public Schools is misleading the public, as is the state of Michigan, by only reporting graduation rates of 12th graders.<br /><br />So, we see that Detroit Public Schools is a failure by every definition of the word, yet they are still in business. Does anyone wonder why the enrollment at charter schools in Detroit is skyrocketing? Tens of thousands of students are stuck in a utter dismal failure of a school district because the cap on charter schools has been reached. Our governor continues to pander to the teachers unions and refuse to support lifting the cap. Meanwhile, another generation of kids is being denied an education, and consequently is comdemned to continue the cycle of poverty, crime, drugs, etc.<br /><br />How about Grand Rapids Public Schools? The dropout rate at GRPS is slightly better – 52.8% of GRPS students actually graduate. Even more interestingly, the graduation rate of Godfrey Lee Public Schools (Wyoming) is only 37.8% and 49.1% in Kelloggsville Public Schools.The highest graduation rates in the area are at East Grand Rapids Public Schools (98.1%) and Forest Hills (97.9%). Unfortunately, charter schools are not listed in this report, but we do know that Black River Public School, a charter K-12 school in Holland, is ranked as the #2 school in the entire state by Newsweek.DPS Needs To Go BKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-30543081789822999252011-01-18T15:15:26.683-05:002011-01-18T15:15:26.683-05:00Detroit's literacy is declining compared with ...Detroit's literacy is declining compared with other large U.S. cities, according to an annual report. <br /><br />Detroit dropped to 56th in 2010, from 51st in 2009, in the study released by Central Connecticut State University. The report ranks the 75 largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. <br /><br />The study focuses on six key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources. <br /><br />Washington, D.C., earned the top spot, knocking Seattle into second place. Minneapolis ranked third and Stockton, Calif., finished at the bottom.Trenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-24074422536613684782011-01-18T13:49:09.288-05:002011-01-18T13:49:09.288-05:00Trickle Down BS
Your ideaology is working on Tric...Trickle Down BS<br /><br />Your ideaology is working on Trickle UP Poverty!<br /><br />Your ideaology has been in power since 2006 and how has that worked out?<br /><br /> 2008 to 2010 Your ideaology has had ALL the Power and what have they done to Bring OUR Economy back and Create Jobs?<br /><br /> Your Ideaology went after Social Issues and did NOTHING to Bring back Economy or Create Jobs.Why? Without Strong Economy/Job Creation the Entitlements will FAIL and Then what? Why has YOUR Regime allowed this to happen? Citizens suffering 9.5% unemployment, Millions more have given up looking and Your REGIME has done what? They could have done ANYTHING they wanted to Strenghten OUR Economy and choose NOT to. WHY?<br /><br /> This Regime your Ideaology choose to Divide Citizens by Ideaology Wealth and Class which do what to inspire OUR citizens to be the BEST they Can Be?<br /><br /> Since 2008 Your Regime has ADDED 3 Trillion dollars to OUR Unsubstainable DEBT and That will Help HOW?<br /><br /> Everything this Regime has done to me is of Socialist Ideaology and they do not appear to be in a Hurry to change coarse. European Nations have seen the failure of their Governments,Their Citizens have Rioted and They are changing Direction because the Ideaology were on has FAILED them.<br /><br /> We as a Nation WILL fail if WE do not correct what has Gotton OUR Economy to this Point SPENDING what we dont have!<br /><br />Trickle down BS you want to see the results of Liberal Ideaology go to ant large City in OUR Nation and there it is for YOU and All to See.<br /> Your Ideaology also has done what to Educate the Poor and give them the Level Playing Field the Deserve to IMPROVE their lot. What exactly has YOUR Ideaology done to correct the Wrongs that the POOR face every day in the Inner Cities. What?ALnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-18577470763698177872011-01-18T13:01:52.696-05:002011-01-18T13:01:52.696-05:00Is Detroit a liberal city in your eyes? When was t...Is Detroit a liberal city in your eyes? When was the last time Detroit had a Republican voted in to any office? So how can you blame this on conservatives and Republicans? Are we serving our students by giving the teachers union a raise? Since the unions took over the public school systems has our educatioanl system gotten better or worse in the worlds standing? I have taken a close look at what you have said and I'm wondering why you think the way you do without any proof? Please help me understand by answering these few questions of mine. Thanks.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905362327313044045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705675907060089073.post-79491916809627450432011-01-18T09:04:19.929-05:002011-01-18T09:04:19.929-05:00You really don't get it, do you? That is part ...You really don't get it, do you? That is part of the Republican ideology...eliminate public education altogether...and unions, and Social Security, Medicare, make everyone miserable; that way the corporations will have a cheap labor pool and maximize their profits by making us work harder and take jobs that are undesirable. <br />Don't you realize that decimating the middle class is totally unpatriotic and wrong? Also getting into debt to pay for tax advantages for the very rich at the expense of cutting services like education, police, fire...is immoral? and yes, by all means, blame the unions...they are a thorn on the side of the conservatives.<br />I know you will not even think about this comment as anything other than coming from a leftie-liberal and you will dismiss it as such...remember that axiom: we humans use selective reasoning and that is perhaps why America is so divided.<br /><br />saludos,<br />raulitoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com