Missouri: Governor Ousts State Education Commissioner

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1. caplee68 says:

   December 1, 2017 at 5:04 pm

   They will do anything to maintain their power, ego and control. They don’t give a damn about children!

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   • retiredbutmissthekids says:

     December 1, 2017 at 7:41 pm

     They want to ruin public education so that “other people’s children” will become slave-wage earners, having no benefits, &–if new tax reforms are passed–little chance of getting Medicaid, LINKS (or any other food stipends)or Social Security–&, later, no Medicare. Middle class to low income to poverty to poorhouses (which, like detention centers & private prisons, will be $$$$$ machines for the oligarchs).

     They want to DAMN children.

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2. Will Thomas says:

   December 1, 2017 at 5:15 pm

   Such people believe they are “Masters of the Universe” but in reality they are “Puppets of the wealthy Privatizers.” Or, maybe they are just “Pirates.”

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3. Laura H. Chapman says:

   December 1, 2017 at 5:56 pm

   Every state has its own governance structure. Governors have great power in some states, and less in others.

   Here is a link to one of the few national databases on K-12 education governance at the state level. Lots of detail on who has the power and who does not. The source is the Education Commission of the States.

   https://www.ecs.org/k-12-governance-structures-state-profiles/

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   • retired teacher says:

     December 1, 2017 at 7:57 pm

     Very interesting, thanks!

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4. Lloyd Lofthouse says:

   December 1, 2017 at 6:37 pm

   The GOP has gone so far to the right, they have become a hard, far right, extreme totalitarian, authoritarian, theocracy. Just about everything the GOP does is to achieve their dystopian agenda that they are clearly subverting the intent of the U.S. Constitution.

   For instance, when President Obama nominated a name to fill the vacant 9th seat on the US Supreme court almost a year before the 2016 election, the GOP subverted the U.S. Constitution by refusing to allow a vote to even confirm that nomination.

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   • Joe says:

     December 1, 2017 at 8:53 pm

     Yes, and the vile GOP even thwarted Obama’s ability to appoint judges to the lower courts.

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   • Charles says:

     December 2, 2017 at 4:54 am

     I disagree. The US Constitution allocates the responsibility to the US Senate, to advise and consent to presidential appointments. The Constitution does NOT set a schedule on the Senate. The decision by the Senate leadership to decline to consider the appointment of Merrick Garland, was entirely proper. Not even ex-President Obama, challenged the Senate leadership.

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     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       December 2, 2017 at 1:35 pm

       You have a right to think for yourself and disagree. That doesn’t mean I respect what you think.

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   • Chris says:

     December 2, 2017 at 9:59 am

     Unfortunately, a lot of Democrats are just as hostile to K-12 students.

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     • Lloyd Lofthouse says:

       December 2, 2017 at 1:33 pm

       Yes, the Democratic party has some members who are also allied with autocratic billionaires but not all of them. In fact, maybe not many at all considering that every Democratic senator voted against the tax bill the GOP just rammed through the Senate without any time for the Senate to read the final version of the legislation and debate it.

       But the process isn’t over yet … there is one more vote to go before the bill is ready to send to that slimy, soiled, snot-wad of toilet paper that calls itself the president of the United States that acts like an ignorant fraud, failed businessman, racist, sexist, bully, and troll.

       How Are Laws Made?

       Laws begin as ideas. First, a representative sponsors a bill. The bill is then assigned to a committee for study. If released by the committee, the bill is put on a calendar to be voted on, debated or amended. If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435), the bill moves to the Senate. In the Senate, the bill is assigned to another committee and, if released, debated and voted on. Again, a simple majority (51 of 100) passes the bill.

       Finally, a conference committee made of House and Senate members works out any differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The resulting bill returns to the House and Senate for final approval. The Government Printing Office prints the revised bill in a process called enrolling. The President has 10 days to sign or veto the enrolled bill.

       There is one more chance for this so-called tax bill to fail when it returns for its second vote in the Senate.

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5. Wait, What? says:

   December 1, 2017 at 7:08 pm

   Watch this state. It’s the cautionary tale that is no longer a tale. It’s real.
   Governor tied to cronies with other GOP governors who campaign (commercials) together. They all want to be president and have drunk the GOP kool aid.

   Like the WH, he has no concern for constituents, State, public anything.
   That’s rural MO, suburban MO, and urban.

   Dominos –
   He now owns State Board.
   They will appoint a charter / privatizer. Already have one he’s brought to town unless a heavier hitter is available.
   He’ll sell the vouchers and charters (that rural don’t care about) with local control – – heck, maybe prayer.
   Then there’s the governance of the urban districts one of which will be in transition possibly from an appointed board to elected – but he’ll want appointed so he can own them too and control urban system.

   It’s the boiled frog for a lot of unsuspecting people who elected this guy and president.

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6. Yvonne Siu-Runyan says:

   December 1, 2017 at 7:32 pm

   Has this country gone daft?

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   • joe prichard says:

     December 2, 2017 at 3:50 pm

     In Missouri, a lot of them are drunk a lot, but there are many others who manage to be deft at being daft.

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7. Susan Lee Schwartz says:

   December 2, 2017 at 2:52 pm

   TAX BILL

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8. joe prichard says:

   December 2, 2017 at 3:47 pm

   There is one tiny little satisfaction…..The St. Louls Post Dispatch is so embarrassed by their lack of reporting and mistaken reporting of the last decade……..that they almost do not know what to say. So they ran a puff piece on City Garden Montessori charter, which the state decided to renew for 10 years. Great news for those who will fill the 230 k-8 places in the future. As for the other 15,200 K-8….oh, who cares. Kristen Taketa, who was assigned to write the report made an effort to explain some of the factors which make the school so spectacular. I hope she gets a job with a legitimate publication some day.

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   • Wait, What? says:

     December 2, 2017 at 11:58 pm

     Well – yes… but no. The Post has gone after the Governor consistently – and is in a quandry on charters and just about everything else. When it was a two newspaper town, the Globe served the conservative view (which today would be progressive and liberal compared to the new we-win-you-lose conservative Missourians and the Post was the progressive liberal view. Now – newspapers are trying to survive and in too many one-paper towns they try to sell to everyone – so truth be told… some truth isn’t told about the heinous world of charters… and what happens to those (sorry to borrow the phrase) really left behind. with no state or local support.

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