Mercedes Schneider on the Amendment 1 Defeat in Georgia: Dark Money Loses

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1. Eva Peterson says:

   November 9, 2016 at 4:21 pm

   Bravo. Keep our eyes on the prize.

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2. Chiara says:

   November 9, 2016 at 4:49 pm

   “President-elect Donald Trump will work to ensure “a new way of how to deliver public education” that focuses on educational entrepreneurship and strong public and private school options, according to a leader of Trump’s presidential transition team responsible for education.”

   The educational entrepreneurs will be lining up. They see every one of your kids as a dollar sign. 600 billion in public funding waiting to be funneled into crony pockets, mostly for online and tech garbage.

   I wonder if they’ll let us keep the facilities and property we paid for. Probably not, huh?

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   • Linda says:

     November 9, 2016 at 10:14 pm

     One of your most profoundly accurate statements.

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3. Máté Wierdl says:

   November 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm

   I already feel much better about the election, hearing this news and the one from MA about Question 2.

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4. Chiara says:

   November 9, 2016 at 4:56 pm

   Ed reformers must be thrilled with Trump. A giant pot of federal money which will go out to every snake oil salesman who wears a suit.

   Imagine the career opportunities! Public school kids will get the shaft, again,but they were never very fashionable anyway.

   Every (lower and middle income) child will be issued a device and an “personalized learning plan” which should REALLY cut down on staffing costs. They can design their own learning, at home!

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5. Chiara says:

   November 9, 2016 at 5:01 pm

   This is Trump’s education plan:

   “1. School choice: “As president, I will establish the national goal of providing school choice to every American child living in poverty. If we can put a man on the moon, dig out the Panama Canal and win two world wars, then I have no doubt that we as a nation can provide school choice to every disadvantaged child in America.” September 2016.

   Funding his school choice plan: “If the states collectively contribute another $110 billion of their own education budgets toward school choice on top of the $20 billion in federal dollars, that could provide $12,000 in school choice funds to every single K-12 student who today is living in poverty.” September 2016.
   Common Core: “I have been consistent in my opposition to Common Core. Get rid of Common Core.” February 2016.
   America’s schools: “We need to fix our broken education system!” February 2016.
   Local control of education: “Keep education local!” February 2016.
   Government’s role in education: “There’s no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly.” September 2016.”

   Lines up nicely with ed reform, with the exception of the Common Core.

   As usual, no mention of public schools at all- the schools our children attend are the hated “government-run education monopoly”, as you all know.

   I hope they wait until summer break to eradicate this national scourge of public schools. I hadn’t planned on sending my son to a private school.

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   • Laura H. Chapman says:

     November 9, 2016 at 5:46 pm

     Thanks for collecting thes quotes, not that they bring good news, but they do invites some quants to check out the math. I am not a quant.

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6. Tony Childers says:

   November 9, 2016 at 5:17 pm

   There will be another chapter to the OSD in Georgia. Part of the reason for the defeat goes back to Governor Deal’s veto of a so-called religious liberty bill last year. He is already laying the groundwork for some form of retribution against the teachers’ professional associations that worked to defeat the measure.

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   • Laura H. Chapman says:

     November 9, 2016 at 5:54 pm

     Interesting. Tennessee is dealing with religious animosity over the treatment of world religions in social studies standards. Some who are making very loud noises seem to believe any treatment is indoctrination. See ChalkBeat Tennessee for more information. Look for more Trumped Up charges of indoctrination hitting teachers of social studies and history, along with hostility to arts that are not immediately pleasing pablum, also any discussion of climate change or evolution. All become reasons for “autonomous” schools organized as “portfolios” easy open, easy close, all the time churn in staff, enrollments, and the rest.

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     • Duane Swacker says:

       November 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm

       You left out easy money although I guess we can include that in “the rest”, eh!!

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7. Renee Baker says:

   November 12, 2016 at 10:46 pm

   In response to the funding for Deal’s Opportunity School District- If he was able to secure $400,000 from the Walton family and $1.4 million from Georgia Leads why are these funds not being used to help existing schools in the form of a donation. If major companies are willing to fund privatizing education are they not also willing to support education? Maybe it is more about making money than it is about the children. In response to Deal preparing to retaliate for the defeat-This is a sad and concerning viewpoint from our Governor not to mention childish. If he doesn’t get his way he plans to get even. This is not the kind of individual I want leading my state. Instead of throwing a temper tantrum it would be nice if Deal spoke with and worked with the individuals that did not support the OSD. It is evident from the outcome of the vote that the majority of the citizens in Georgia did not agree with the proposed OSD therefore as an elected official that is elected to the office to be the voice of our state maybe it would be a good idea to actually listen to the citizens of the state, what do they want for the future of education.

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