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Education

radical noodle

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6. I have been too, but more so now

Reply to elleng (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:18 PM

Dec 2016

My husband is a retired public school teacher and my daughter is an inclusion teacher in a high poverty rural area where drugs are an even bigger problem than the poverty. Both have said that the moronic testing is taking over education, along with taking money out of public schools so class sizes get bigger and bigger.

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New House education chairwoman Virginia Foxx favors rolling back Obama regulations [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP

She is one of the stupidest people in Congress madaboutharry Dec 2016 #1

Isn't she the crazy one? radical noodle Dec 2016 #2

Another teabagger dahlin'. TexasTowelie Dec 2016 #3

I am really concerned about public education radical noodle Dec 2016 #4

I've been 'concerned' about public education for many years. elleng Dec 2016 #5

I have been too, but more so now radical noodle Dec 2016 #6

I am really concerned too. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #7

Unfortunately for me and my state CRK7376 Dec 2016 #8

I can't claim anything better coming from the congressional district where I live. TexasTowelie Dec 2016 #9