Article

2017-01-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Education Department report finds billions spent under Obama had 'no impact' on achievement

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 While Obama was feeding them a useless common core curriculum, Moochel was starving them with her yukky school lunch program.

Posted by Chemp Jase7258 2017-01-26 00:44|| 2017-01-26 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 bookend of Obama's Education initiatives because back in Chicago in the 90s, Obama chaired a multiple $100M program funded by a major Pew Foundation Grant to improve education. This ultimately produced the same zero impact that the $7B program did in the 2000s.

Posted by lord garth 2017-01-26 01:43|| 2017-01-26 01:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Money to education ---> teachers (and ever growing population of educational bureaucrats) salaries ---> dues to teachers' unions ---> contributions to DNC. Did I miss something?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-26 04:07|| 2017-01-26 04:07|| Front Page Top

#4 You missed: 'the uniform dumbening of students to a common standard'.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-26 08:12|| 2017-01-26 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 You missed: 'the uniform dumbening of students to a common standard'.
Posted by Skidmark

'Everyone gets a trophy'

The same egalitarian drivel that brought us an indolent Affirmative Action POTUS.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-26 08:16|| 2017-01-26 08:16|| Front Page Top

#6 You missed: 'the uniform dumbening of students to a common standard'.
They view that as a bonus.

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-26 08:21|| 2017-01-26 08:21|| Front Page Top

#7 You missed: 'the uniform dumbening of students to a common standard'.

That's doesn't require money - it's a labor of love.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-26 08:22|| 2017-01-26 08:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Considering most of the money went to overhead, administrators and unions and not teachers, it isn't surprising.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-01-26 09:15|| 2017-01-26 09:15|| Front Page Top

#9 'the uniform dumbening of students to a ~~common standard~~ Democrat voter standards.

Fixed it for you, even though we all read it that way anyway.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-01-26 11:36|| 2017-01-26 11:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Now we need a study comparing student outcomes in USA & in other countries, to the per student expenditures in USA & other countries. It would be sickening to read those details.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-01-26 14:06|| 2017-01-26 14:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Obama is a low achiever?

Posted by JohnQC 2017-01-26 17:20|| 2017-01-26 17:20|| Front Page Top

23:31 Sherry
22:34 CrazyFool
22:10 Hupuck Gray8571
22:05 Iblis
21:54 Mullah Richard
21:47 Silentbrick
21:35 TopRev
20:41 Jeling Forkbeard2677
20:41 Jeling Forkbeard2677
20:30 trailing wife
20:28 newc
20:05 Frank G
20:04 Frank G
20:01 Frank G
19:57 Blossom Unains5562
19:55 badanov
19:47 Glenmore
19:46 Glenmore
19:42 SteveS
19:39 AlanC
19:36 Blossom Unains5562
19:23 Blossom Unains5562
19:05 Frank G
18:51 Angoluck Jeque8668