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Martin O'Malley

FSogol

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13. Right out of Karl Rove's playbook! Take a Democratic candidate's strength and pretend it is a

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #11)

Fri May 22, 2015, 08:23 AM

May 2015

weakness. Your reasoning is because Republican Bloomberg and Pres Obama mishandled public education, that O'Malley will also? The positions that you are quick to diminish as political posturing are all backed up by O'Malley's actual track record on education. He expanded pre-K. At a time everyone else was cutting education budgets, he added millions to the budgets increasing them by 37%. He froze tuition for State Colleges and Universities. Those aren't pie-in-the-sky proposals that won't go anywhere, those are things he already accomplished.

Maryland schools greatly improved during O'Malley's terms as Governor. No matter how you try and frame it, his education policies are a major success.

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Anyone here want to summarize Mr. O'Malley's position on Obama-era public school "reform"? [View all] Smarmie Doofus May 2015 OP

He attended Catholic schools, elleng May 2015 #1

So.... pretty much another tabula rasa when it comes to public schools. No? Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #7

NO, because, unlike others, he has experience, during which he elleng May 2015 #9

Well... no. He has no experience at all as either a provider ( educator) or consumer.... Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #11

Check that: ARIS was a 97 million dollar rollout in 2008. Not 200M. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #12

New York isn't Maryland, none of that has anything to do with O'Malley. n/t FSogol May 2015 #14

Right out of Karl Rove's playbook! Take a Democratic candidate's strength and pretend it is a FSogol May 2015 #13

Thanks, FSogol. elleng May 2015 #15

Well with a name like O'Malley and an Irish back ground it is not surprising he attended Catholic Thinkingabout May 2015 #26

Going after him for attending private school as a kid is stupid. askew May 2015 #16

Plus 100 JustAnotherGen May 2015 #18

not true. nobody can have experience in all things. his position, it all depends on who he hires seabeyond May 2015 #24

excellent info. thanks. nt seabeyond May 2015 #23

"NEA names Maryland’s Martin O’Malley ‘America’s Greatest Education Governor’" Koinos May 2015 #2

+1 Well said. n/t FSogol May 2015 #3

Looks like a general-issue position paper. But I'm doing my best: Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #8

Union Busting? O'Malley? Koinos May 2015 #10

Post #5 gave some great JustAnotherGen May 2015 #19

Glad to help JAG! Raine1967 May 2015 #20

ha ha ha ha. and here you have it sounds like he has proven himself regardless of being in the seabeyond May 2015 #25

From his website: FSogol May 2015 #4

Since he was governor from 2007 until 2015 Raine1967 May 2015 #5

+1 Great! Koinos May 2015 #6

Where his kids go to school is off limits — IMO. Raine1967 May 2015 #17

Came into the group to learn about O'Malley, but must respond to say... cui bono May 2015 #21

Yes, Yes, Yes. elleng May 2015 #22