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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

a chill up my spine 

So I'm staying up a little late tonight, as I often do. Most times I find it easier and more restful to stay up until 1:30 or so, check on and turn The Boy, and then go to bed. This generally allows me 4 or so hours of uninterrupted sleep. The alternative is to go to bed earlier, pre-midnight then get up between 2 and 3, check on and turn The Boy, and then go back to bed.

And I'm reading the Winter 2010, vol. 31, no. 2 edition, page 22 of the ATPE News, because they send it to me in the mail, and I think I am a member.

The article is about the different issues impacting public education in this state and lays out the organization's stance and legislative priorities. In January the State Legislature reconvenes and all the strip clubs in town reach into deep pockets and receive a little boost of government spending, if ya know what I mean.

I am reading a section of the article describing the somewhat quixotic and paradoxical way that our elected political heroes treat charter schools: "So they're not really working like we thought? Well hmm. . . that's a puzzler. Wait! That one over there! Is it? Yes! It's working! That one is! More money! More charters! More money!"

While it is ironically equal to their frequently taken position "why throw more money at a failing system, bottom line, results, accountability, results, blah de freaking blah" when screaming about the money spent on public education, this is generally lost upon our political classes.

Amusing stuff, right?

I know!

Cracks me up, I could read it all day.

But then I get to this, and this is an actual quote, not like quotes from above, this is real:

"Most recently, the state has shown interest in using charter schools to provide educational services for special education students and students with disabilities such as autism."

Wait, what?

I teach those kids.

My son is one of those kids.

My life is those kids.

Careful.

I read on:

"During a June meeting, the committee heard invited testimony from out-of-state experts on the idea of operating charter schools for students with disabilities in the same facilities as existing public schools."

Hmm. . . A separate school in the same facility.

Separate?

These charter schools will:

"focus on providing high-quality education for students with disabilities. . . "

So separate but, um. . . equal?

Yeah, that worked out great the last time.

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