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CAT Tracks for January 7, 2017
MITT ROMNEY: STILL AUDITIONING? |
Since I have already posted three articles today, I was going to save this one for tomorrow...
...but why ruin a Sunday with such b*ll sh*t!
The Donald already embarrassed Mitt by inviting him to White House North (aka Trump Tower)...
...teasing him with the promise of becoming his Secretary of State (only to give it to a Putin fan).
Now, The Mitt writes an opinion piece praising Trump's choice for Secretary of Education, the woman who has absolutely no experience with public schools...
...other than aiding and abetting the looting of public funds finance charter schools in Michigan, charter school that are a scandal, literally and figuratively.
Wow!
Desperation...
...thy name is Mitt Romney:
From The Washington Post
Mitt Romney: Trump has made a smart choice for education secretary
CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
I could go on an on dissecting this drivel, but I shall limit myself to one critique.
Mitt dismisses the supporters of what he terms "the status quo" by claiming that they are biased, have skin in the game, and therefore are not to be trusted.
Well, hell (there I go again, another reason to get this out of the way before church day)...
...when Mitt makes his case for charter schools, who does he cite in support:
Well, hot damn, sign me up as a supporter!
Uh, wait a minute...
...Mitt.
Before I drink the Kool-Aid, just what is the Michigan Association of Public School Academies?
Let me look them up on this Google thing I've heard about:
www.charterschools.org/
Formed by a grassroots coalition of charter school leaders and supporters to represent their interests and serve as their united voice.
Well effe me!
I guess Mitt's learned from the Trump campaign the value of planting "false news" and decided to sow some of his own.
The sin and the shame of the whole thing is that Mitt rightly claims credit for the Massachusetts charter school system, and it is by all reports a reputable system, held to transparency and accountability, unlike the sham that Betsy DeVos pushed in Michigan.
Shame on you, Mitt Romney!
Back to Michigan...
From The Huffington Post
Michigan: The Poster Child for How Not to do Charter Schools
Footnote:
Did you notice that the author of the piece also cited Mitt's "recent Stanford study":
Hmmm...
...wonder who's zooming who?
A recent analysis by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies found that students in Detroit charters are performing better than their counterparts in traditional public schools in every subject tested by the state’s annual assessment.
Michigan Association of Public School Academies
Recent research from Stanford University also found that about eight in 10 Michigan charter schools have academic achievement below the state average for both reading and math.
