krgibby81 wrote on August 22, 2008 09:13 AM: Jan must be a product of Nevada's public education system.

She thinks 22 charter schools constitutes choice for 413,000 of Nevada's school children.

odog wrote on August 21, 2008 10:50 PM: Redneck

I have owned 34 corvettes, 3 Porsches, a Ferrari, a 34' Sea Ray, a 42' Bertram foot and an 11 meter Trojan yaucht. I dont need to wish for fancy cars, I earned the money and bought my own. I am not like you. I dont worship the people that think they have power. Also, just so you know, PHD stands for Permanant Head Damage because that is what happens when someone goes to school TOO long.

odog wrote on August 21, 2008 09:59 PM: Redneck

Just for your information, Kenny Guinn worked for Southwest Gas which owned Primerit Bank. Always playing with other people's money.

Common Sense wrote on August 21, 2008 08:40 PM: The REAL Common Sense here...

Yes, it is nearly impossible to remove unruly students when attorneys show up with court orders to leave the kid where they are. It has nothing to do with administration.

Secondly, we are talking unruly students. Not ones that conduct criminal activities, the ones that are just plain annoying and off task. You can't kick them out for being dumb or making noise to cause distractions. You call the parents and then watch as nothing changes. So once again you provide your right wing agenda without arguing a single valid point...BP

Redneck wrote on August 21, 2008 07:55 PM: Odog,
Go park someones car you will never be able to afford and play fantasy football.
Governor Guinn was not only the Superintendent of CCSD, but was also the CEO of Primerit bank and Southwest Gas. If only more of our politicians had a PHD and real world experience.
Odog, keep voting for people like Beers and Gibbons and ask yourself why these individuals are career politicians?

Commonsence#37849364674939049 wrote on August 21, 2008 01:56 PM: Blu

You sure told Br, he mixed up two waste of tax payer money education entities and you got to call him dumb. Way to contribute to the conversation.

nscs

KD wrote on August 21, 2008 10:02 AM: Now it is Back to School, but not children rushing to learn. No it is Back to School Whining from educrats and teachers who are under supported by taxpayers and parents. So you want more money? PRODUCE better results! Reduce class size by removing all the truants and hopeless bad actors. Raise test scores by putting students in classes they can succeed in and not just promoting them to the next level when they couldn't finish the last level. Make teachers more effective by cutting out the political agendas, moral teaching, and feel good ego boosting. No one wants to throw good money after bad. But we are stuck with a system that rewards the status quo and with asylum guards that have bought into the system. No wonder people want to burn the system down. There doesn't seem to be any other way to fix it.

Jack wrote on August 21, 2008 09:43 AM: Take a note, Jan: try copying what works in the charter schools. Other clues...discipline...rewards for achievements(teachers and students)... less political correctness...more real world courses(no mariachi music clutter)...less micro-managing administration...and and and.
Nothing to add, excellent post!

Jack wrote on August 21, 2008 09:41 AM: Perhaps if our school board, Board of Education, Nevada Teachers Union or whatever rose by any other name you want to call them, Blu, would put some magnet schools in an area besides the ghetto, I would want to send my kids there!
Homeschool folks, it costs these leeches and mules feeding at the public trough 10,000 per student when we home school. Cost them money its the only thing they understand.

Blu wrote on August 21, 2008 08:14 AM: br,
Jan Biggerstaff is on the State Board of Education, not the School Board. Two completely different entities. Perhaps you need some remedial English lessons?

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