Re: " We can't afford to opt out of No Child "

[aburke5054@aol.com]

A recent GAO study reported that since 2002 states have spent $2.6 
billion of their own funds on school improvement plus an additional 
billion federal dollars.  People can argue til  the cows come home 
about how the states and the feds should split the tab, but only in the 
wacky world of ARN can someone advance the bizarre arguments that Quan 
does below.

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: QCao009@aol.com
To: arn-l@interversity.orgi
Cc: azble@asu.edu
Sent: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 4:50 am
Subject: Re: [arn-l] " We can't afford to opt out of No Child "


In a message  dated 4/4/2008 8:15:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu  writes:

We ask  our legislators to oppose any effort to opt out NCLB - not
only because we  cannot afford the loss of $600 million in education
funding but because it  keeps us focused on success for every child.

Peter:

We can use  the tools of linguistics and break down your Arizona quote, 
which
is repeated ad  nauseum in the conversation between the Department and 
every
state:  the  first reason, "600 million", is the presumed context.  The
second,  "success for every child",  is a pretext.

It's how  cons run the privatization game, by gaming profit and loss.  
The
only gain  that has been made in NCLB is for the test industry, which 
does not
really need  this game to make their living.  The BRT continues to 
lobby for
conformity  and dead end choices.  It's like oil sheiks and Exxon 
executives.
Past a certain point, how many more yachts and mansions can one have ?  
It's
like the Reagan/Bush tax cuts on the backs of the middle class, the 
Iraq  war
and the defense budget on the wallets of future generations and the  
pensions
of boomers.  After a certain point, how much conning is too much  ?

Yes, we can afford to opt out.  Stop the merry-go-round.  It is  not 
helping
the children.  Enough with the flag-waving already !!!   The children 
lose
nothing when we stop the testing.

Quan





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