2024 Presidential Election Shittastic Shittacular

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[Stephen Maturin]

Originally Posted by Miss Shelby

What is a charter school?

A charter school gets public money but operates largely independent of the state's public school system. Per ECS:

Charter schools are semi-autonomous public schools that receive public funds. They operate under a written contract with a state, district or other entity (referred to as an authorizer or sponsor). This contract — or charter — details how the school will be organized and managed, what students will be expected to achieve, and how success will be measured. Many charter schools are exempt from a variety of laws and regulations affecting other public schools if they continue to meet the terms of their charters.

Predictably, some charter schools are superb and some are complete train wrecks.

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Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Predictably, some charter schools are superb and some are complete train wrecks.

Why this is so, is a great mystery.

[Crumb]

If I was Kamala Harris I would probably be drunk a lot right now, too. But why would I be paying attention to Harris right now? She lost the election.

[It's Me!]

Vivek flexes his knowledge about the future of military weaponry as he weighs in on Pentagon spending. I don't know exactly what his military credentials are, but I assume they're substantial ... right? RIGHT?

MSN

[It's Me!]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Predictably, some charter schools are superb and some are complete train wrecks.

Yep, some are phenomenal, but half have their charter revoked within their first 15 years of operation.

https://networkforpubliceducation.or...omises-PDF.pdf

There are a whole slew of reasons why a majority of charter schools fail, but I suspect one of the biggest reasons is because authorizers (institutions the state puts in charge to oversee these schools) grant charters to groups that - while they may mean well - have no experience operating a school, and have no idea how to select or manage a school leader who can oversee said operation. And the way the states fund these schools, often as these charter schools flounder and fail, they're pulling money away from the surrounding public schools which are producing much better outcomes.

[Pyrrho]

Originally Posted by It's Me!

Vivek flexes his knowledge about the future of military weaponry as he weighs in on Pentagon spending. I don't know exactly what his military credentials are, but I assume they're substantial ... right? RIGHT?

MSN

War is a business. This will merely route money to different corporate coffers.

[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by Crumb

If I was Kamala Harris I would probably be drunk a lot right now, too. But why would I be paying attention to Harris right now? She lost the election.

well she is still a sitting VP. I can't believe her staff didn't take it down.

[Stephen Maturin]

The House of Reps in the 119th Congress will have 220 Republicans and 215 Dems. The GOP flipped eight seats, and the Dems flipped nine.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by -FX-

Why this is so, is a great mystery.

There is no great mystery here

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[Miss Shelby]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

A charter school gets public money but operates largely independent of the state's public school system. Per ECS:

Predictably, some charter schools are superb and some are complete train wrecks.

Your post piqued my interest enough to ask my daughters about them, and specifically around our area about them. My younger graduates in a few weeks. Education always being her passion. Since she was 10 I called her my little liberal. My other her education is in childhood education but expands into medical humanities. They are texting me now and I’m learning.

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Welllllll, sort of, but not really. The bill in question is heinous. It would have given the Treasury Department unilateral authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit deemed to be a "terrorist supporting organization."

Due to some strange procedural machinations, this one would have needed a 2/3 supermajority to pass. It didn't get the supermajority, but "won" the vote 256-145.

Fifty-two Dems voted in favor of the bill. Reminds me of the Shrub War on Terror days, when many a Dem - including luminaries like Diane Feinstein - regularly rolled over and submitted upon the mere mention of "terrorism."

This one will definitely be back in the 119th Congress, and without the supermajority requirement.

ICYMI, it passed the House a week later.

[Stephen Maturin]

It did indeed! Turned out they didn't need to wait for the 119th. It got far fewer than 52 Dem votes then, but still passed comfortably (219-184). It moved on to the Senate in early December, where it sat until the 118th Congress ended. This one will be back for sure.