That’s just terrible.

This is the least American thing I’ve ever heard

This movement is all about breaking teacher’s unions & turning our education professionals into uncredentialled, at-will service sector employees. “Welcome to Hardee’s Academy — can I teach you long division today?”

This is the genius of this. With the DeVos plan, the rich can literally control what the rest of the nation learns, knows, and thinks.

Don’t you agree there is quite a difference here? Typically, these seats are filled by generally competent people with relevant experience in their respective fields. While these people may lean in a different direction politically, the Senate generally acknowledges that elections have consequences, and does it’s duty…

The amazing thing about the teachers union thing is this, by all metrics states with a strong union out perform states considered “right to work”.

Bitching about teacher’s union is a thing because it, I dunno, people are pissed we still get benefits or something.

ISD = Independent School District. You can find them all over Texas; just ask for directions to the nearest 20,000-seat high school football stadium.

It’s as if the work of Arne Duncan (clearly your friends don’t work in education policy or higher education, he was very active and visible in both) wasn’t about HIM and about things like increasing FAFSA completion or working with the FLOTUS on projects like Reach Higher and Better Make Room to increase college…

But, but, but, guys.... teachers unions... amirite? So time for them to go and make those fat cat teachers EARN the right to buy their own school supplies. Go get ‘em, Betsy!

Bad schools make future Republicans!

The Venn on these two demos is strong.

Also makes the next generation of Amway sellers!

Any white kid who went to a rural, mostly white ISD would laugh for days, and days and days at the notion that Republican lawmakers care about them getting a quality education, as compared to their drive to slice up funding for public education being about ambivalence towards minority children getting educated.

Always remember: Bad schools make future Republicans! If don’t bother to teach kids how to think, they won’t bother to learn. This locks in your base for the next generation.

It’s been, what, two and a half weeks? And not a day has gone by where someone involved with this administration does or says something that doesn’t cause my jaw to just drop. I can’t think of a better admission that this raid was actually a failure than to try to shut down debate about its effectiveness by invoking…

I’ve seen that same tactic used by trolls in the comments here. A guy yesterday was telling me that because I didn’t want to debate slavery with him, that meant I didn’t take slavery seriously. There must be a school where they learn these tactics.

Oh fuck him with a rusty pitchfork. That is fucking despicable.

Today, this tomato faced cockstain invoked the name of the US Navy SEAL who died in the yemen raid, and used him to shame anyone asking about the raid. He straight up said anyone questioning the effectiveness or execution of the raid was insulting the dead serviceman.