tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post8632598957935355453..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Rahm's longer-school-day argument is full of holesMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-8631288567320905362012-08-15T06:32:49.447-05:002012-08-15T06:32:49.447-05:00Anon,
By "going after" gangs, do you me...Anon,<br /><br />By "going after" gangs, do you mean locking thousands of black and brown young people up in prison? That's exactly what they are doing. It does nothing to solve the "gang problem" nor help teachers or schools. The solution to both lies in the fight to alleviate poverty and improving the social and economic conditions of children and their families. Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-21832607722146976142012-08-14T23:46:42.110-05:002012-08-14T23:46:42.110-05:00Why is it is that the city is going after teachers...Why is it is that the city is going after teachers with such fever and not the gangs that have driven the murder rates of our children. Does this make any sense????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-82204672604081030412011-09-06T08:21:03.201-05:002011-09-06T08:21:03.201-05:00The length of the school day should not be debated...The length of the school day should not be debated. It plays into positioning Rahm's as having the real interest in kids against a recalcitrant, self-interested union. <br /><br />Teachers and the unions haven't had little experience in media messaging and manipulating public opinion and will get trounced by these sociopaths if we don't start playing hard-ball.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-41916558683955176822011-09-02T08:03:47.257-05:002011-09-02T08:03:47.257-05:00Great blog today, Mike.
Too many progressives are...Great blog today, Mike.<br /><br />Too many progressives are afraid this bullshit "solution" is too popular with parents, that the union can't be seen to oppose it, ("besides parents see a babysitting freebie"). But that cynical view of parents suggests they're self-interested beyond reason. But this is about the facts. The union should not be complicit in setting up parents for inevitable let down by embracing bubblegum solutions.<br /> <br />Why are we still shying away from what you so eloquently explained: the economic disparities at the center of the problem. Rahm should be asked what he is going to do to mitigate (none of tax cuts-for-business nonsense). In fact he should be asked to endorse proposed statewide minimum wage hike; a citywide living wage; LaSalle St. transaction tax; champion tax-the-rich, end-the-war mantra on national stage (and also endorse Council Resolution on this). <br /> <br />We should refuse any gimmicks and demand a serious discussion of the elephant in the room you point to in your blog....<br /> <br />Keep up the pressure<br />JamesJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-42213576534267385652011-09-02T06:35:34.982-05:002011-09-02T06:35:34.982-05:00I'm ready, Mr. Cantor. Bring him on!I'm ready, Mr. Cantor. Bring him on!Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-9916937464346019132011-09-01T20:48:56.166-05:002011-09-01T20:48:56.166-05:00I love the comparison to the Lab School. Education...I love the comparison to the Lab School. Education is about quality not quantity. Since real quality is not easily measured... standardized tests don't do a very good job of it... Rahm is focusing on quantity as a way to make teachers look bad if they point out the research showing that longer days don't boost achievement. If teachers reject the idea of working 26% more time on the clock for a 2% pay cut (it's not a 2% raise when they just got a 4% pay cut) they'll be portrayed as lazy and/or greedy and insensitive to all those Americans who don't have a union to help them get a fair wage and decent working conditions. For Rahm it's a win-win. If he gets a longer day, he's a hero to parents (for no real reason) and if he doesn't, he can bash the union as a bunch of lazy thugs. <br /><br />I'd love to see Rham debate Mike Klonsky about this issue... we'd see who the real thug is.Mr. Cantorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463333846222929768noreply@blogger.com