Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Department of Education and Stupidity, Again
BAM! Paragraph one out of the box!
This is how an article from the Department of Education starts off to brag about how more money was spent for the government to get tablets and high speed internet for American Indian schools. This is supposed to be good because it will give students access to educational apps in STEM. This is supposed to solve the problem of indian youths having the lowest graduation rate across schools.
Money and gadgets do not improve education or graduation rate. The educational system needs to be examined. Students are not going to say "Hey! The school has tablets and the internet. I'll stay and graduate!" That is a bit of insipid simple thinking.
In addition, as far as STEM : Math just needs textbooks, pencils, and paper. Science requires the same as mathematics plus equipment for experiments. Only the technology and engineering portions of STEM really benefits from this.
However, this still does not solve the problem of the graduation rate.
Verizon and Microsoft are donating data and equipment, but there is still an over-arching government program which costs money.
Also we get some multicultural buzzword BS in the post. This somehow makes the education "culturally relevant" and "culturally appropriate."
Really? A freaking gadget is somehow more culturally sensitive or helpful than a person?
Fix the system; more spending never helps.
No matter who you are, where you grew up or what you want to do, we all know digital skills and connectivity are crucial for success in today’s job market.Does a painter, a farmer, a plumber, a chef, or a boxer really need digital skills and connectivity? NO! Some of those jobs might be helped by marketing on the internet but you can hire people to do that!
This is how an article from the Department of Education starts off to brag about how more money was spent for the government to get tablets and high speed internet for American Indian schools. This is supposed to be good because it will give students access to educational apps in STEM. This is supposed to solve the problem of indian youths having the lowest graduation rate across schools.
Money and gadgets do not improve education or graduation rate. The educational system needs to be examined. Students are not going to say "Hey! The school has tablets and the internet. I'll stay and graduate!" That is a bit of insipid simple thinking.
In addition, as far as STEM : Math just needs textbooks, pencils, and paper. Science requires the same as mathematics plus equipment for experiments. Only the technology and engineering portions of STEM really benefits from this.
However, this still does not solve the problem of the graduation rate.
Verizon and Microsoft are donating data and equipment, but there is still an over-arching government program which costs money.
Also we get some multicultural buzzword BS in the post. This somehow makes the education "culturally relevant" and "culturally appropriate."
Really? A freaking gadget is somehow more culturally sensitive or helpful than a person?
Fix the system; more spending never helps.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Ban Has Opposite Effect
It is amusing when do-gooders impose their do-gooding on others to help them but end up hurting them instead. It is even more amusing when an activist site posts a link to the story detrimental to their cause.
"Ban the Bottle" has linked to an article that describes the failure of banning bottled water, the site's own cause.
Although the article states reasons for banning bottled water that are rich for poking logical errors in, I'll stick with what happened at the University of Vermont.
Once the University of Vermont banned bottled water, sales of other beverages increased instead of students using the drinking fountain (intended effect). You can't take a drinking fountain into your classroom. Imagine that; students picking a different convenience.
Read the article and shake your head. People never learn that banning is not a solution.
"Ban the Bottle" has linked to an article that describes the failure of banning bottled water, the site's own cause.
Although the article states reasons for banning bottled water that are rich for poking logical errors in, I'll stick with what happened at the University of Vermont.
Once the University of Vermont banned bottled water, sales of other beverages increased instead of students using the drinking fountain (intended effect). You can't take a drinking fountain into your classroom. Imagine that; students picking a different convenience.
Total calories from beverages rose by over 20 per cent on a per capita basis. The share of healthy beverages sold on campus dropped by more than half.
Read the article and shake your head. People never learn that banning is not a solution.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Dept. of Education Hispanic Fail
Why is the state of education so bad? Because the Department of Education is run by idiots.
They make this painfully obvious in this blog post. Here is the opening paragraph:
Let us examine this for a moment. "As the Hispanic population grows" it grows illegally. This has consequences. And the consequence is more students than teachers because:
There is also the blanket statement that the teaching force needs to reflect the ethnic makeup of the country. This idea of equal outcome instead of equal opportunity is detrimental. If someone wants to be a teacher they will become a teacher. If they don't, they won't. Filling a job needs to be determined by the quality of the worker, not an ethnicity quota.
Then we get that Hispanics benefit from being taught by Hispanics because they share a culture. Then they say any student benefits from teachers that are diverse from them. What is it? Should the teacher share the student's culture or be diverse to benefit the student? Both claims are made.
And a note about culture. We need to promote the American culture and grow based on our common interests more so than our differences. Promoting Americans to hold onto cultures of other countries more so than the American culture is what is dividing the people.
Then there is an accompanying video. At 27 seconds we get "teachers can inspire and impact students regardless of their background." Then at 57 seconds we get "as our nation's Hispanic student population grows there is an increasing need for more teachers who are Hispanic." Once again we get culture doesn't matter and then it does.
These are the people controlling education. They make policies based on pathetic double-think.
They make this painfully obvious in this blog post. Here is the opening paragraph:
Today, nearly one in four students in our nation’s public elementary and secondary schools is Hispanic. Yet, less than one in 10 teachers—or roughly just 8 percent of America’s teaching force—is Hispanic. As the Hispanic population grows, it’s critically important that our teacher workforce reflects our increasingly diverse nation. Hispanic children can benefit by being taught by educators who share their experiences and culture. But it’s also important for all students to learn from teachers who are diverse, dedicated, and passionate.
Let us examine this for a moment. "As the Hispanic population grows" it grows illegally. This has consequences. And the consequence is more students than teachers because:
- There has been an influx of illegal immigrant children only
- Illegals can go to school
- Illegals can not (should not) work in the U.S. because they are supposed to have permits to work
- Illegals tend to be unskilled
There is also the blanket statement that the teaching force needs to reflect the ethnic makeup of the country. This idea of equal outcome instead of equal opportunity is detrimental. If someone wants to be a teacher they will become a teacher. If they don't, they won't. Filling a job needs to be determined by the quality of the worker, not an ethnicity quota.
Then we get that Hispanics benefit from being taught by Hispanics because they share a culture. Then they say any student benefits from teachers that are diverse from them. What is it? Should the teacher share the student's culture or be diverse to benefit the student? Both claims are made.
And a note about culture. We need to promote the American culture and grow based on our common interests more so than our differences. Promoting Americans to hold onto cultures of other countries more so than the American culture is what is dividing the people.
Then there is an accompanying video. At 27 seconds we get "teachers can inspire and impact students regardless of their background." Then at 57 seconds we get "as our nation's Hispanic student population grows there is an increasing need for more teachers who are Hispanic." Once again we get culture doesn't matter and then it does.
These are the people controlling education. They make policies based on pathetic double-think.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Strip Searched for Tobacco
A student has claimed that they were strip searched for suspicion of possession of tobacco at a Jordan-Elbridge Central School District school. No mention of the students gender nor age.
Tobacco is so evil that we need to strip search children for it?
No matter how evil tobacco is, things may not go well for the school district.
Back in 2009 a school district was found to have violated a 13 year old girl's 4th amendment rights when she was strip searched for ibuprofen.
What is going on? These aren't even illegal substances. We can't sell them to children, but it's not like they are sneaking a weapon into school.
Tobacco is so evil that we need to strip search children for it?
No matter how evil tobacco is, things may not go well for the school district.
Back in 2009 a school district was found to have violated a 13 year old girl's 4th amendment rights when she was strip searched for ibuprofen.
What is going on? These aren't even illegal substances. We can't sell them to children, but it's not like they are sneaking a weapon into school.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Government Force on Children
You will do as you are told or there will be consequences.
Children that are 8 or 9 years old do not fit in handcuffs. So how do you put handcuffs on a child? Put their arms behind them and use the handcuffs above the elbow.
What could cause a child so young to be treated as such?
Obey the state or suffer the consequences.
Children that are 8 or 9 years old do not fit in handcuffs. So how do you put handcuffs on a child? Put their arms behind them and use the handcuffs above the elbow.
What could cause a child so young to be treated as such?
- Screaming in class
- Trying to leave an isolation room
- Not doing as you're told
Obey the state or suffer the consequences.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Centralized Waste from the Department of Education
I can always count on the Department of Education to waste money. A recent post touts $270 million awarded to 978 programs to support students.
Why is this waste? Centralized bureaucracy is costly. Let local municipalities take care of local concerns and cut their federal taxes. 282 of the schools (manual count of "Community College" in the name of the program list; could be miscounted) in the list of 978 are local. That is over 1/4 of the programs should be considered local programs. But first we had to send the money to D.C. and wait to get the money back.
What does the money go to?
Except, maybe, "exposure to cultural events" which sounds like a party slush fund. Aren't you glad there is a centralized party fund?
The really weird thing about the last item is it is about housing for students when they are not in school instead of when they are in school. That seems like the focus on housing is counterproductive to when the student needs housing the most.
Only in centralized thinking do you get funding for services counter to the time of need.
Why is this waste? Centralized bureaucracy is costly. Let local municipalities take care of local concerns and cut their federal taxes. 282 of the schools (manual count of "Community College" in the name of the program list; could be miscounted) in the list of 978 are local. That is over 1/4 of the programs should be considered local programs. But first we had to send the money to D.C. and wait to get the money back.
What does the money go to?
- academic tutoring
- assistance in course selection
- information about financial aid and economic literacy
- support and resources to help students transfer from two-year to four-year colleges or from undergraduate to graduate or professional studies
- individualized counseling and career guidance
- exposure to cultural events
- mentoring
- housing assistance during school breaks for students who are homeless or in foster care
Except, maybe, "exposure to cultural events" which sounds like a party slush fund. Aren't you glad there is a centralized party fund?
The really weird thing about the last item is it is about housing for students when they are not in school instead of when they are in school. That seems like the focus on housing is counterproductive to when the student needs housing the most.
Only in centralized thinking do you get funding for services counter to the time of need.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
A Chinese Expat's View on Common Core
Well, maybe not an expat but an escapee.
The government's self insertion into student loans for college has also been very damaging distorting college costs. The promotion that everyone should go to college is equally damaging.
Our society is being diverted from the value of trade schools. The schools that make the workers that keep the world working.
Many people in their early teens have figured out their path. Eighteen is too old an age to make a person stay in school. By sixteen many of us knew what we wanted to do.
Decentralize education and let the states run it.
Teacher's Union is looking out for the interest of teachers, not students; otherwise it would be called the Student Union.
The government's self insertion into student loans for college has also been very damaging distorting college costs. The promotion that everyone should go to college is equally damaging.
Our society is being diverted from the value of trade schools. The schools that make the workers that keep the world working.
Many people in their early teens have figured out their path. Eighteen is too old an age to make a person stay in school. By sixteen many of us knew what we wanted to do.
Decentralize education and let the states run it.
Teacher's Union is looking out for the interest of teachers, not students; otherwise it would be called the Student Union.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Shooting Fish in a Dept. of Ed. Barrel
So I was going to make a blog posting and "shoot fish in a barrel" and do a dry sarcastic posting on Obama's ebola policy. However, first I thought it was my responsibility to first peruse the government blogs and laugh at the under the radar obscurity since I have not done anything original for quite a while. The first blog post I went to for absurdity is the Department of Education. They did not disappoint.
Let us start with the title of the blog post I encountered.
Investing in Evidence: Funding Game-Changing Evaluations
I was sooooooo drawn to this because of the title. I read it like this:
So yes, from here on it is a drunken post, but it doesn't mean I can not make more sense than the Department of Education.
Let us move on into the post.
Really?
There's enough fat in the bone dry education system to fund a survey?
O.K. What's the survey?
All because school choice is bad.
So, let us move on to the questions.
How's this for unanswered questions!?
Why the f**k aren't you teaching times tables?
Why the f**k does simple subtraction take several steps in Common Core?
Why the f**k do you misinterpret the second amendment in Common Core?
Why the f**k do our students score high in self esteem but low in grade scores against other countries?
Why the f**k do you deserve a single penny of our tax dollars you dumb f**ks?
[compose thyself for the next question]
Oh my F**KING GOD! 50 different states with 50 different needs and you want me to describe how centralizing our interests and needs against 49 disparate ones will affect me? Can you do the math on that!?
Probably the f**k not but you might have learned the proper emoticon to express your disappointment in that!
Let us start with the title of the blog post I encountered.
Investing in Evidence: Funding Game-Changing Evaluations
I was sooooooo drawn to this because of the title. I read it like this:
Investing in Evidence:But it is really supposed to be read as:
Funding Game,
Changing Evaluations
Investing in EvidenceHopefully you can see my initial misunderstanding; especially since I had had a drink.
Funding <GameChanging> Evaluations
So yes, from here on it is a drunken post, but it doesn't mean I can not make more sense than the Department of Education.
Let us move on into the post.
The Congressionally enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 allows the Department to strengthen the impact of our evaluation work by pooling resources across Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs. This makes it possible to fund rigorous evaluations of individual Federal education programs that currently lack sufficient evaluation dollars, and to evaluate the impact of various strategies that cut across a wide range of ESEA programs.Year after year more money has gone to education and performance has gone down. We are told we need to give more money for education. However, this paragraph eludes that we can scrape money from this system like fat from a skinned rattlesnake for flavoring to fund a new study.
Really?
There's enough fat in the bone dry education system to fund a survey?
O.K. What's the survey?
Specifically, we are asking your help to identify what the most pressing education policy and/or practice questions are and how answering them could provide needed information to educators, parents and local, state, and federal governments to enable significant improvements in education. Our goal is to support the development of findings that have the rigor and power to inform significant improvements in how schools, districts, states, and the federal government provide services to students. We are seeking public input on the following questions:So far the two quoted paragraphs go to a centralized point of decision. This is central planning. The thousands in Mississippi and millions in New York, the thousands in Missouri and the millions in California, speak their voice, supposedly.
All because school choice is bad.
So, let us move on to the questions.
What are the most critical P-12 questions that are still unanswered?Are you f**king kidding me!? Aren't you supposed to be the experts taking our money telling us what is the best for education!? Aren't you the ones berating us for advocating for school choice? What the f**k is wrong with you!? Unanswered questions!?
How's this for unanswered questions!?
Why the f**k aren't you teaching times tables?
Why the f**k does simple subtraction take several steps in Common Core?
Why the f**k do you misinterpret the second amendment in Common Core?
Why the f**k do our students score high in self esteem but low in grade scores against other countries?
Why the f**k do you deserve a single penny of our tax dollars you dumb f**ks?
[compose thyself for the next question]
How could answering these questions provide information that could be used by schools, districts, and States to improve student outcomes for all students and/or particular groups of students?[in a calm voice] I am glad you did not take the solution to the centralized federal level. This in general illustrates a problem with the educational system in that centralized planning devalues the need of local needs. To more properly answer the questions we need to answer local needs.
What type of study could answer these questions and produce findings that are reliable and generalizable?[in a slightly irritable voice] What the f**k do you mean? We don't need a study for what is needed for our industries. And generalizable? What the f**k of major issues in our state is generalizable with the major issues of another state across the country? Why the f**k are we giving you money to homogenize states with incompatible interests!?
What implications would these findings have for existing practices, policies, and federal programs? Please mention the specific practices, policies, and programs by name if possible.[uncontained outrage]
Oh my F**KING GOD! 50 different states with 50 different needs and you want me to describe how centralizing our interests and needs against 49 disparate ones will affect me? Can you do the math on that!?
Probably the f**k not but you might have learned the proper emoticon to express your disappointment in that!
Monday, September 15, 2014
Teacher's Union
The Union for Teachers. Department of Education.
Good?
Good for who(m)?
Does a Union protect the worker or the client/boss?
The Teacher's Union.
Is it working for the teacher or the students? Who gets paid? Who pays or who's parents pay?
How about a "Client Union?"
Good?
Good for who(m)?
Does a Union protect the worker or the client/boss?
The Teacher's Union.
Is it working for the teacher or the students? Who gets paid? Who pays or who's parents pay?
How about a "Client Union?"
Monday, April 28, 2014
Dept. of Education Rewards Incompetence Just Like the IRS
Oh it's so fun and easy to poke fun at government and its bureaucracies.
Hopefully all of you have heard about the IRS agents that didn't pay their taxes that received bonuses. How about the Department of Education employee that gives advise on student loans that self admittedly made mistakes on her student loans?
The stupidity of this is astounding. Nicole Callahan released an article named "4 Mistakes I Made With My Student Loans and How You Can Avoid Them." This is not advise from someone in the public sector but someone that works for the government. Her position? Digital Engagement Strategist at the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid.
Yes. She openly admits she made mistakes on her student loans and yet gets a job related to student aid. What could go wrong?
So what were her four mistakes?
Half of her problems were "I didn't do simple Math."
However she is only a "Digital Engagement Strategist" and hence she is just more web designerish right? (Don't let Obamacare roll out affect you judgement of government web technology experts) Let's blog-search her name.
Oh no!
About 120 results
Let us list every headline associated with her name. Page one only.
So there may be a bit of advice coming from Nicole on about 120 articles? And how does she describe herself in the 4 mistakes article?
Admits not an expert. Is this government promoting incompetence or an individual covering their posterior?
Shouldn't the Department of Education use an expert to give advise on student loans? Why are they using an amateur?
Hopefully all of you have heard about the IRS agents that didn't pay their taxes that received bonuses. How about the Department of Education employee that gives advise on student loans that self admittedly made mistakes on her student loans?
The stupidity of this is astounding. Nicole Callahan released an article named "4 Mistakes I Made With My Student Loans and How You Can Avoid Them." This is not advise from someone in the public sector but someone that works for the government. Her position? Digital Engagement Strategist at the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid.
Yes. She openly admits she made mistakes on her student loans and yet gets a job related to student aid. What could go wrong?
So what were her four mistakes?
I should have kept track of what I was borrowing
I should have made interest payments while I was still in school
I should have kept my loan servicer in the loop
I should have figured out what my monthly loan payments were going to be BEFORE I went into repayment
Half of her problems were "I didn't do simple Math."
However she is only a "Digital Engagement Strategist" and hence she is just more web designerish right? (Don't let Obamacare roll out affect you judgement of government web technology experts) Let's blog-search her name.
Oh no!
About 120 results
Let us list every headline associated with her name. Page one only.
- 6 Things You Must Know About Repaying Your Student Loans ...
- 4 Mistakes I Made With My Student Loans and How You Can ...
- Need Advice About Your Student Loans? Your Loan Servicer ...
- ED.gov Blog
- 7 Ways to Promote FAFSA Completion at Your School | ED. ...
- 5 Reasons You Should Complete the Free Application for ...
- 4 Common Student Loan Mistakes | ED.gov Blog
- 5 Things You Need To Know About Your Student Loans | ED. ...
- 7 Things You Need Before You Fill Out the FAFSA | ED.gov ...
- 4 Things to Do During Your Student Loan Grace Period | ED. ...
So there may be a bit of advice coming from Nicole on about 120 articles? And how does she describe herself in the 4 mistakes article?
So while I don’t claim to be a student loan expert, I have learned a lot of lessons along the way, mostly through trial and error.
Admits not an expert. Is this government promoting incompetence or an individual covering their posterior?
Shouldn't the Department of Education use an expert to give advise on student loans? Why are they using an amateur?
Monday, September 30, 2013
Pig Ed
Oh no! Government shutdown and sequester!
Don't fear. Pork is here!
From the Department of Education site only, $250+ million in spending the day before government shutdown! Are you kidding me!?
I'm not going to bother reading the whole stories. I'm just going to rip a conclusion from the Department's own happy headlines.
The day before a government shutdown during the sequester the Department of Education spends one quarter of a billion dollars!? Are you freaking kidding me!? Am I really supposed to believe a government shutdown hurts the government!?
BITE ME!
Don't fear. Pork is here!
From the Department of Education site only, $250+ million in spending the day before government shutdown! Are you kidding me!?
I'm not going to bother reading the whole stories. I'm just going to rip a conclusion from the Department's own happy headlines.
- University at Buffalo Awarded $924,512 Grant to Advance the Transfer of Rehabilitation Technologies for Individuals with Disabilities
- U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $32 Million to Local Education Agencies and Community-Based Organizations for Nutrition and Physical Education
- U.S. Department Of Education Awards Nearly $1 Million to George Washington University to Support Educational Facilities Clearinghouse
- Department Awards $211 Million for the Promoting the Readiness Of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) Initiative
- U.S. Department of Education Awards $2.8 Million in Charter School Grants for Planning, Program Design, Implementation and Dissemination
- $4.6 Million in Grants Awarded for Research Projects Aimed at Helping Improve Lives of People with Disabilities
The day before a government shutdown during the sequester the Department of Education spends one quarter of a billion dollars!? Are you freaking kidding me!? Am I really supposed to believe a government shutdown hurts the government!?
BITE ME!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Farcism of Affordable Education
Your mouth and hands are not a poop hole. So why spew such matter from them?But so the Department of Education has done in parallel with Obama. You should read the fudge sausage before going through my commentary. It will enhance the "preaching to the choir" attitude if you are outraged.
So let's go...
I’m thrilled today that President Obama is moving forward with an ambitious new plan to make college more affordable for every American.Government price control is wrong and always fails.
We know that higher education is more important than ever, but we also know it’s never been more expensive.Actually we are failing to value tradesman, err, or, tradesmen. Blue collar "hands on skill" does not require college but apprenticeships.
As far as the cost of college, if the government didn't get involved the costs would be more reasonable.
We want college to be a secure investment for every student from every background who is willing to work hard, an investment that prepares our nation’s students for a good job and a bright future.***sigh*** There is no such thing as secure. Secure is a goal, but not a true absolute.
We believe the cost of college is a shared responsibility among the federal government, states, colleges and universities, and our students and families.Oh good Lawrd! Believe!?
The cost of college is the burden of the individual that wants to retrieve the education through a desired receptacle. I don't feel any shared responsibility of sending anyone to college!
because we know that too many students are struggling to repay their debt today – President Obama is committed to ensuring that students who need it can have access to the ‘Pay As You Earn’ plan that caps federal student loan payments at 10 percent of discretionary income, so students can better manage their debt"Pay as you earn" has horrifying debt forgiveness. That means you pay for so-in-so's education.
We need more colleges and universities to keep college affordable while delivering a high quality education, not only for students who are first in line, but for all, especially students who are first in their families to enter college, students from disadvantaged circumstances, students with disabilities and veterans who chose service before completing their education.Because the government is involved in student loans, the value gets distorted. By the way, "veterans who chose service before completing their education" have a guaranteed resource. So they are not a valid part of your argument.
We need states to increase higher education funding, with proven strategies for student access and success.No. The states should not increase funding. Let the market bear the value of the product.
By the way, I have no degree, but have taught in the private sector and military. I am a teacher without a degree.
Consider all options. The "standard" is not the rule.
Live well.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Department of Education spends more during the Sequester
Calling out more spending during the sequester. Have to do it because we heard how much the sequester would hurt education.
Where's the hurt?
Where's the hurt?
| Date | Project | Amount |
| February 25 | Improve lowest-performing schools | $15,000,000 |
| March 7 | Baltimore School Shooting Recovery | $35,000 |
| March 11 | School Improvement Grants (SIG) | $69,600,000 |
| March 27 | 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition | $150,000,000 |
| April 16 | Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge | $370,000,000 |
| April 19 | TAACCCT | $474,500,000 |
| April 19 | Project SERV Grant | $48,000 |
| May 20 | Arizona SIG | $10,400,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,089,583,000 | |
Sunday, May 5, 2013
More Sequester Spending
How bad is the Department of Education? Well, they don't understand the meaning of sequester.
Sorry to say it but they announced more spending, again.
The topic of the DoEd's post says it all:
Is the right step though to take $48,000 from tax payers and give it to the school district? For what? Nothing was destroyed.
I have some free therapy I found on youtube. You're welcome.
Here's the current tally of sequester spending damage from the DoEd alone.
Sorry to say it but they announced more spending, again.
The topic of the DoEd's post says it all:
U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $48,000 to Help Vermont’s Windham Central Supervisory Union Recover From Teen SuicideYes it's a shame a kid committed suicide. But it happens.
Is the right step though to take $48,000 from tax payers and give it to the school district? For what? Nothing was destroyed.
But there are children's psyches to consider. We need to help them!
- Yeah. There's nothing more convenient than a strawman argument.
I have some free therapy I found on youtube. You're welcome.
Here's the current tally of sequester spending damage from the DoEd alone.
| Date | Project | Amount |
| February 25 | Improve lowest-performing schools | $15,000,000 |
| March 7 | Baltimore School Shooting Recovery | $35,000 |
| March 11 | School Improvement Grants (SIG) | $69,600,000 |
| March 27 | 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition | $150,000,000 |
| April 16 | Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge | $370,000,000 |
| April 19 | TAACCCT | $474,500,000 |
| April 19 | Project SERV Grant | $48,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,079,183,000 | |
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Spike the One Billion Sequester Mark
Remember the sequester? The Department of Education remembers it and has blog posts about how it will hurt education and the kids. However, the DoEd just simply ignores its ramifications and spend, spends, spends.
Where is all the hurt I have heard about?
We now have $370 million for "Race to the Top-Early Learning" competition to get kids ready to learn or as the post said "close the school readiness gap." So this is money not even to teach but to get kids ready to learn.
The post is really interesting in that it brags about the billions it gets in Obama's proposed budget. But we cannot count proposed money. But we can laugh at its absurd levels.
The most recent DoEd post announced $474.5 million in spending. Somehow it is to make college workers skilled for the factory. Uhm ... 'scuze me?
Factory workers need to be skilled tradesmen. Skilled. But we keep pumping on book knowledge and not skills. In other words, we don't train people to work with their hands anymore.
Our education system has been turned upside down thinking a society needs only book learned people. If you cannot conform to a cubical, screw you.
But really, ...
We are giving up money to undo the eduction of people to be smart enough to not work in factories to learn the skills to work in a factory. Are you kidding me!?
This is the DoEd at work.
Really? During the sequester we have tripled announced spending at the DoEd in one week over the previous months.
There is no sequester people. Only vampires about sucking your cash.
Where is all the hurt I have heard about?
We now have $370 million for "Race to the Top-Early Learning" competition to get kids ready to learn or as the post said "close the school readiness gap." So this is money not even to teach but to get kids ready to learn.
The post is really interesting in that it brags about the billions it gets in Obama's proposed budget. But we cannot count proposed money. But we can laugh at its absurd levels.
The most recent DoEd post announced $474.5 million in spending. Somehow it is to make college workers skilled for the factory. Uhm ... 'scuze me?
Factory workers need to be skilled tradesmen. Skilled. But we keep pumping on book knowledge and not skills. In other words, we don't train people to work with their hands anymore.
Our education system has been turned upside down thinking a society needs only book learned people. If you cannot conform to a cubical, screw you.
But really, ...
We are giving up money to undo the eduction of people to be smart enough to not work in factories to learn the skills to work in a factory. Are you kidding me!?
This is the DoEd at work.
| Date | Project | Amount |
| February 25 | Improve lowest-performing schools | $15,000,000 |
| March 7 | Baltimore School Shooting Recovery | $35,000 |
| March 11 | School Improvement Grants (SIG) | $69,600,000 |
| March 27 | 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition | $150,000,000 |
| April 16 | Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge | $370,000,000 |
| April 19 | TAACCCT | $474,500,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,079,135,000 | |
Really? During the sequester we have tripled announced spending at the DoEd in one week over the previous months.
There is no sequester people. Only vampires about sucking your cash.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
The Sequester has not slowed down the Dept. of Education
It isn't even funny anymore. The Department of Education has been bemoaning the sequester but keeps announcing new spending. They did it again this week.
The Department of Education continually wants more money to improve low performing schools. Unfortunately, because of the union, firing low performing teachers will never be the solution. So good teachers will continue to accelerate their students under these initiatives while the DoEdu scratches its head why these new ideas don't work when bad teachers implement them in a half-donkey way.
The DoEdu's ADDITIONAL spending so far under the sequester.
The Department of Education continually wants more money to improve low performing schools. Unfortunately, because of the union, firing low performing teachers will never be the solution. So good teachers will continue to accelerate their students under these initiatives while the DoEdu scratches its head why these new ideas don't work when bad teachers implement them in a half-donkey way.
The DoEdu's ADDITIONAL spending so far under the sequester.
| Date | Project | Amount |
| February 25 | Improve lowest-performing schools | $15,000,000 |
| March 7 | Baltimore School Shooting Recovery | $35,000 |
| March 11 | School Improvement Grants (SIG) | $69,600,000 |
| March 27 | 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition | $150,000,000 |
| TOTAL | $234,635,000 | |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Third time the Dept. of Ed. announces spending during the Sequester
Twice I have pointed out that the same day the Department of Education complained about the sequester they also announced new spending.1 2 I thought this recent post was a follow-up to the first one I caught because both posts are about under performing schools. I was wrong.
The first post was about $15 million to be awarded to low performing schools. This recent post was an announcement of eleven states to receive money to turn around low performing schools, but the amount does not total $15 million. This is the list of awardees and amounts:
There isn't any hurt going on during the sequester.
The first post was about $15 million to be awarded to low performing schools. This recent post was an announcement of eleven states to receive money to turn around low performing schools, but the amount does not total $15 million. This is the list of awardees and amounts:
| Connecticut | $3.6 million |
| Kentucky | $7.7 million |
| Maryland | $6.8 million |
| Minnesota | $5.5 million |
| Mississippi | $6.1 million |
| New Mexico | $4.1 million |
| Ohio | $20.2 million |
| South Carolina | $7.4 million |
| South Dakota | $1.5 million |
| Utah | $3.4 million |
| West Virginia | $3.3 million |
| Total | $69.6 million |
There isn't any hurt going on during the sequester.
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