tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post216020796953590289..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Cincinnati City Schools Facing At Least $30 Million Budget Shortfall: Big Cuts, Layoffs Ahead As Next Year's Spending Plan PreppedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-21134478904585771312012-02-06T16:49:37.686-05:002012-02-06T16:49:37.686-05:00While I have opinions about schools, money, and ed...While I have opinions about schools, money, and education (like teaching critical thinking skills vs. teaching to a test), I'd rather point to a study about the effectivness of teachers, even though it contradicts my own notions about teaching to a test. (Let's be open minded about something this important else we end up spouting one-liners or "all you have to know"-isms like some campaigning politician of here.<br /><br />New Study Gauges Teachers Impact on Students' Lifetime Earnings<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june12/teachers_01-06.htmlSid Ragusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-42448404505075720162012-02-06T14:28:08.630-05:002012-02-06T14:28:08.630-05:00If we are going to eliminate so-called "poorl...If we are going to eliminate so-called "poorly performing" schools, let's start with charters. In fact, if there's not enough money to fund decent public schools, there is clearly not enough money for for-profit charters. They should be banned. In addition, we must make sure that we are not closing wholesale underfunded, over-challenged inner city schools to make those already struggling kids travel farther and make constant changes in their schooling, thus assuring their ultimate failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-34377532338840996402012-02-06T14:25:54.263-05:002012-02-06T14:25:54.263-05:00If CPS "disappears," the thousands of ch...If CPS "disappears," the thousands of children who have no money to go to a private or parochial school – or whose families may not want them to go there because of differing religious beliefs— will end up robbing YOU, burglarizing YOUR house, making YOUR streets less safe, and going to prison paid for with YOUR tax dollars, which costs many times more annually than a decent education. Very short-sighted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-57370522515483709862012-02-06T14:23:34.419-05:002012-02-06T14:23:34.419-05:00I don't know the figures, but since about 90% ...I don't know the figures, but since about 90% of public workers already met or exceeded the "common-sense health and pension sharing measures" in SB 5, and since a bill in the legislature that was superceded by SB 5 and negotiated WITH the unions would have had them paying MORE than SB 5 unilaterally demanded, SB 5 would have had no economic impact. It was never about saving money at all; it was about eliminating unions so that there was no source of political power to respond to the floods of corporate and SuperPAC money. The budget took away; SB 5 would not have given back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-6046166553784983262012-02-06T13:42:25.154-05:002012-02-06T13:42:25.154-05:00I consider myself conservative but I appreciate yo...I consider myself conservative but I appreciate your argument regarding the general benefits of a public education system. I can also see the benefits of eliminating the drag on our economy caused by poorly performing schools. If we had better schools, we would be more competitive in the global economy. To me, the question about schools is over the value of putting more money in them when you cannot improve the unenlightened and often uncaring attitude of the people who attend them.<br /><br />Yes, we all benefit if we are all educated. But you must agree to become educated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-8070572947246112592012-02-06T13:19:36.841-05:002012-02-06T13:19:36.841-05:00Let's save money and make poor inner city kids...Let's save money and make poor inner city kids work as janitors in the CPS. Newt has a solution for our problems and it does not cost a penny.Cincinnati Liberal Lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-33511518995754021392012-02-06T13:19:13.452-05:002012-02-06T13:19:13.452-05:00It wouldn't have to be so bad, except that the...It wouldn't have to be so bad, except that the voters in their infinite wisdom rejected the common-sense health and pension cost-sharing measures in SB5 at the polls. That's hardly Kasich's fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-53761273590028958252012-02-06T13:13:26.354-05:002012-02-06T13:13:26.354-05:00We spent shiploads on Iraqi and Afghan schools. K...We spent shiploads on Iraqi and Afghan schools. Kasich had no input, I know. Could he ask Iraq to send oil money to Cincinnati for our schools?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-79383513141010286712012-02-06T13:06:42.624-05:002012-02-06T13:06:42.624-05:00The invention of public schools is one of this cou...The invention of public schools is one of this country's greatest; one we should all take pride in, not hope it goes away. Look at countries where free education does not exist, or where it is not easily accessible and you will see major problems. Access to a free, strong education enables people to get jobs and live productive lives. We are in this society and life together, so we all lose if some of us are not educated. We all benefit if we are all educated.Barbaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-78036428782575416642012-02-06T13:02:11.173-05:002012-02-06T13:02:11.173-05:00SchoolMarm, you are evidence number one of a publi...SchoolMarm, you are evidence number one of a public educated individual. You exhibit terrible sentence structure and punctuation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-65146269453881758992012-02-06T12:58:57.888-05:002012-02-06T12:58:57.888-05:00CPS has cut 1,350 jobs since 2003. It starts the ...CPS has cut 1,350 jobs since 2003. It starts the budget process early to provide more planning time for decision-makers. Costs have gone up and state funding has gone down. Result is a pinch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-65541980540160312372012-02-06T12:56:20.585-05:002012-02-06T12:56:20.585-05:00"Parchial?" What's a parchial schoo..."Parchial?" What's a parchial school.<br /><br />Parochial.<br /><br />Must have learned spelling there.SchoolMarmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-67420783380675522392012-02-06T12:54:19.403-05:002012-02-06T12:54:19.403-05:00Why would anybody in their right mind send their k...Why would anybody in their right mind send their kids to a Cincinnati Public School? You have options with parchial and suburban schools without the problems. I say good riddance if CPS disappears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-16910559906109477852012-02-06T12:52:27.361-05:002012-02-06T12:52:27.361-05:00Of course, it's easier to blame Governor Kasic...Of course, it's easier to blame Governor Kasich than to blame the people who actually run CPS. And btw, Kasich has no input on how the federal government spends it's military dollars, nor on the stimulus dollars that ran out.Wine Me Dine Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-52746206209086635442012-02-06T12:42:19.110-05:002012-02-06T12:42:19.110-05:00I want to blame John Kasich. We have a governor w...I want to blame John Kasich. We have a governor who doesn't care about public schools. To him all problems are caused by teachers, none by politicians like John Kasich. We spend trillions on warfare and can't find money for kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com