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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Education, Notable Quotables on August 14, 2011| 1 Comment »

“We don’t live in a Leave it to Beaver, Bill Cosby world. This is reality.”

—East Feliciana Parish School Board member and former Clinton High School coach Ben Cupit, on justifying the board’s decision to define a minimum “C” average as a 1.5 instead of the customary 2.0 in order that students might meet the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s “C” requirement for participation in high school sports.

(Precisely, coach. That’s why reality is going to be tough on these kids in a few years after the cheers have died down.)

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Charters, Education, Notable Quotables, Transparency, Vouchers on August 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“Every method and path is acceptable, including lying to people. You must move in the arteries of the system without anyone noticing your existence until you reach all the power centers.”

—Fethullah Gülen, founder of a widespread charter school system in the U.S., in a 1999 sermon that aired on Turkish television, shortly before being forced to flee the country after being charged with attempting to overthrow the secular Turkish government.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Charters, Education, Notable Quotables, Transparency, Vouchers on August 5, 2011| 2 Comments »

“It was the cleanest science equipment I had ever seen in my 21 years as a science teacher. I speculate lack of use kept them so clean. And this was in the science lab that all teachers go to for experiments.”

—Educational consultant Robert Daigle, after finding lab materials still boxed, with most of the instruments still packed and sealed after two years sitting at Abramson Science & Technology Charter School in New Orleans.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)–special edition

Posted in LSU, Notable Quotables on July 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“No preseason magazine is higher on LSU than The Sporting News, which ranks the Tigers as its No. 1.”

—Scott Rabalais, writing in the July 31 Baton Rouge Advocate about LSU’s football prospects for the upcoming 2011 season. (Is there a higher ranking than number 1? Sorry, Scott, we couldn’t pass that one up.)

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Education, Notable Quotables on July 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“Testing has become a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit.”

—Colorado teacher at the 5,000 teachers’ March on Washington, commenting on how teachers are expected to follow scripts for each lesson as a new strategy intended to boost scores on standardized tests.

“This has been a horrible decade for teachers. The next time you feel down or exhausted, please know there are millions of people behind you.”

—Actor Matt Damon, whose mother was a teacher, speaking at the 5,000 teachers’ March on Washington on Saturday.

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