The Rs are diabolically brilliant. First, Reagan economics led to 40 years of defunding everything but wars (and tax breaks for the rich), including public schools. Then W, with a complicit Ted Kennedy (a fact that defies comprehension), passed every child left behind & pushed school vouchers, further defunding public schools, and droppe…
The Rs are diabolically brilliant. First, Reagan economics led to 40 years of defunding everything but wars (and tax breaks for the rich), including public schools. Then W, with a complicit Ted Kennedy (a fact that defies comprehension), passed every child left behind & pushed school vouchers, further defunding public schools, and dropped passing civics as a requirement to graduate from high school. Then the Rs and their celebrity mouthpieces turned their followers’ rage on critical thinking, ‘cause, you know, critical thinking is a way “liberal” teachers brainwash “your” children into — horror of horrors — thinking. My question is, was it all planned in advance, or has it evolved as each piece worked for them?
The Rs are diabolically brilliant. First, Reagan economics led to 40 years of defunding everything but wars (and tax breaks for the rich), including public schools. Then W, with a complicit Ted Kennedy (a fact that defies comprehension), passed every child left behind & pushed school vouchers, further defunding public schools, and dropped passing civics as a requirement to graduate from high school. Then the Rs and their celebrity mouthpieces turned their followers’ rage on critical thinking, ‘cause, you know, critical thinking is a way “liberal” teachers brainwash “your” children into — horror of horrors — thinking. My question is, was it all planned in advance, or has it evolved as each piece worked for them?