There is a new blogger in Memphis. Thus we get the low-down on how parents were treated by the “reformers.” Read this. The condescension is startling. The local Portfolio Manager (!) let everyone know that public hearings give them a chance to vent. Eventually, the parents will understand that wiser heads than theirs are making all the decisions.
As you may recall, Tennessee is on its way to privatizing large numbers of schools across the state because it suffered a double whammy: it “won” Race to the Top funding (more charter schools, more punitive teacher evaluations), and it has a super-conservative Governor, legislature and state commissioner. All bad news for public schools.
I’m so happy that I wasn’t addressed like that. I can’t tell you how I would have reacted.Treat me like a child, address me like a child and tell me what’s best for MY child. Oh boy! I love the Chief Portfolio Officer title. That is so creative and where else on this planet is it used? (besides those school pirates/privateers)
Looking at the online Merriam-Webster dictionary I guess you should shoe horn # 2 and make it fit. I love those posseurs and their new fanglerd titles.
1. a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets
2. [from the use of such a case to carry documents of state]: the office and functions of a minister of state or member of a cabinet
3. the securities held by an investor : the commercial paper held by a financial house (as a bank)
4. a set of pictures (as drawings or photographs) usually bound in book form or loose in a folder
5. a selection of a student’s work (as papers and tests) compiled over a period of time and used for assessing performance or progress
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Parents and teachers are treated similarly. Is it possible we might know more about what’s in the best interest of children than these profiteers?