Re: Fw: YouTube clip of Edwards NCLB comments in Iowa

[aburke5054@aol.com]

In other words, a politician who says things like, "We've got to stop 
treating teachers like potted plants" is not exactly making a bedrock 
contribution.

Art

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John Madison?

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> Perish the thought that a politician would be politicin' on the
> campaign trail.  We all know that Democratic candidates criticizing
> NCLB in front of the NEA were oh so sincere and not politicin' 
either.
> Still, you might be on to something, because I have to admit that 
when
> Edwards said, "We've got to stop treating teachers like potted 
plants,"
>  -  "paranoid" was not the first word that came to mind.   John
> Madison, eat your heart out.

> Art

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> Art,

> John Edwards doesn't strike me as a paranoid sort and HE says it's a
> plot to

> privatize.  Doesn't sound like he's just politickin' to me.

> Jerry

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> From: Bob Schaeffer

> Worth listening for two minutes to see how someone who made millions

> persuading others (juries) frames our concerns -- hardly perfect, but 
a

> nice, folksy approach with tinges of radicalism.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9lhfylOgw

> In addition, I would note he popularly and quickly hits many of the
> themes

> found in the Joint Statement on NCLB - multiple measures, growth
> measures,

> help not punishment, relying on and empowering teachers; and he notes
> use of

> NCLB to promote privatization. He also uses language we actually 
often
> use

> (I certainly do).

> And this is not a campaign plug, simply an observation.

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