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]]> /2015/11/28/5812/#comment-7438 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:08:15 +0000 /?p=5812#comment-7438 […] only instead of big, fluffy bears, we’re being asked to gamble for our children’s futures. School choice- a neoliberal education reform being promoted by shadowy organizations like ALEC and the Trump Administration– is the flavor […]

]]> /2016/02/06/comans-keep-an-eye-on-these-crazy-education-bills/#comment-7437 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:03:34 +0000 /?p=12690#comment-7437 […] Here’s what I mean: Educating people is expensive. And the people footing the bill don’t enjoy that part, generally. We will try everything under the sun to avoid spending more money on schools. Mississippi, for example, has underfunded schools 19 times in the last 21 years, and our state is perennially ranked near 50th in the nation.  Rather than own up to the fact our schools are chronically underfunded, our legislature has proposed every education reform they can get their hands on. […]

]]> /2016/01/30/koonlaba-and-comans-the-facts-about-school-choice-part-3-competition-and-deregulation/#comment-7436 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:01:40 +0000 /?p=11967#comment-7436 […] But do they actually have a proven track record of success? No. […]

]]> /2015/11/28/5812/#comment-7435 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:01:22 +0000 /?p=5812#comment-7435 […] only instead of big, fluffy bears, we’re being asked to gamble for our children’s futures. School choice- a neoliberal education reform being promoted by shadowy organizations like ALEC and the Trump Administration– is the flavor […]

]]> /2017/02/23/conerly-we-must-fight-for-our-children-reflections-on-ecet2/#comment-7364 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:25:00 +0000 /?p=16039#comment-7364 Inspiring post. This is true that if we would not fight for our children, then there will be a time when we will not be able to forgive ourselves.

]]> /2017/02/05/16033/#comment-6550 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:10:27 +0000 /?p=16033#comment-6550 […] On January 27 and 28, Mississippi educators held the very first Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET2) event in Jackson. You can read more about this event here. […]

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-6209 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:14:29 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-6209 Thank you, Rene. I look forward to open discussion too.

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-4438 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:06:37 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-4438 […] civics. I don’t say that to be snarky. I find the situation appalling, the clear result of forty years of federal meddling with public education; but that, too, is a rant for another time. So, in the interest of making […]

]]> /2016/07/28/koonlaba-what-do-you-think-about-the-kindergarten-controversy/#comment-4421 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:33:43 +0000 /?p=15854#comment-4421 Children learn through play and discovery. It saddens me that they are not given the opportunities my children were given to learn through play. I agree with Mrs. Smizik, and having had a child she taught, I know the benefits she is referring too. Also having another child that was younger and did not have the same learning curriculum, I found my younger daughter was consistently more stressed by the demands placed on her and the lack of unstructured time to learn and express herself.

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