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> Is our children learning? Oh the irony
by emptybottle 5y ago
> Is our children learning?
Oh the irony
- slavik81 5y ago> Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? ~ George W. Bush, during a campaign speech in South Carolina (2000) That particular question had probably not been asked much before, but it's been asked more frequently ever since.
- seanp2k2 5y agoLet us not forget Betsy DeVos’ wonderful impact https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/936225974/the-legacy-of-education-secretary-betsy-devos https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/936225974/the-legacy-of-educa...
- octopoc 5y agoFrom what I understand her coworkers at the agency were all ideologically motivated to hate her and stonewall everything she did, so it was difficult to make progress. This was her philosophy: > states and local districts should make education policy, not the U.S. government. It would be a breath of fresh air for a philosophy like this to be implemented but you would have to fire everyone in the department of education and start over to actually get anything done.
- d12345m 5y agoIn case you missed the reference, this was a quote spoken without irony by a US president. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushism