What effect will the new education policies have on teachers and students?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

How do think the new education policies/programs will effect on teachers and students?

What specific changes do you think we will see in education over the next 3 years?

What websites are best to give a clear view of the policy?

[madfloridian]

1. Lower salaries, fewer experienced teachers, more teachers hired on the cheap...

Lower teacher standards because then you can pay them less.

The goal is a business like environment in the classroom. Good luck on that one. Kids are kids are kids, and they can not be treated as objects on which to save money.

Gonna be a bumpy ride.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. Yes I thought we were getting away from the possibility of privatizing education?

[madfloridian]

9. No, that is the goal of this administration in the end.

Charter schools in many/most cases are run by private companies like KIPP, Imagine, Green Dot.

They are deregulated and lack much oversight.

They get taxpayer public money though.

They are privatizing education using public taxpayer money.

And taking that money from public education as they go on MTP and tear teachers down.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. I would be disappointed it it is

The GOP want to privatize education entirely but surely not us?

[CTyankee]

12. We have a good one, the Amistad Academy, here in New Haven.

I think it is how the school is designed...

[sandnsea]

2. There aren't any new education policies

There's simply a program to encourage and reward innovation. New programs, designed at the local level, should include methods to recruit and prepare teachers, reward outstanding teachers, document progress, track students, and reach out to the lowest performing schools.

http://obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=584

[NYC_SKP]

3. +1 nt

[madfloridian]

4. Public schools have always done those things.

They are being dismantled and defunded.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. Education seemed to be much better years ago

maybe I am imagining it?

[ItNerd4life]

7. Our education scores against the world are as low as our healthcare scores

so hopefully we will see some improvement in Education.
Of course, government run education hasn't done well so how will government run healthcare do better? Just a thought.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. govt run healthcare does nicely in the UK and other places

long live the British NHS. The school systems of the world which do well aren't always private

[madfloridian]

10. Exactly what the corporations want you to think.....

what Arne Duncan wants you to think.

They are in effect dismantling public schools by taking away their resources as they blame them.