Clinton announces intent to shut thousands of schools

[dismal]

This school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better than average job," Clinton told the crowd. "Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better than average job. If a school's not doing a good job, then you know it may not be good for the kids.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

 

[untermensche]

Presidents don't open or close schools.

Relax chicken little.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Sounds good. You can funnel the money saved on those inadequate schools into funding the bombing of somewhere in the Middle East and some much needed upper income tax cuts.

Also, less people going to school means less people being able to recognize her poor mathematical skills.

There's no downside to this.

 

[ronburgundy]

This school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better than average job," Clinton told the crowd. "Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better than average job. If a school's not doing a good job, then you know it may not be good for the kids.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

Your headline should read "As usual The Weekly Standard lies through its teeth and mindless minons swallow their nonsense without question."

Clinton in no way implied that she intends to shut down any schools at all. She was speaking to a school that feared being closed by local officials, despite being an above average performer. She was referring hypothetically to what she thinks the local officials who make these decisions should consider. She was referring to whether local officials should fight to keep poorly performing schools open against budget pressures to consolidate schools, not that they should shut all of them down regardless of their being a need to do so. The only thing she said she personally would actually do as President is fight to support and save good performing schools being closed, which is not at all the same as actively closing schools that are below average.

 

[AthenaAwakened]

This school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better than average job," Clinton told the crowd. "Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better than average job. If a school's not doing a good job, then you know it may not be good for the kids.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

Jason McCullough: Joe, you just make me feel tired all over when you talk like that. -- from the movie Support Your Local Sheriff

 

[dismal]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

Your headline should read "As usual The Weekly Standard lies through its teeth and mindless minons swallow their nonsense without question."

Clinton in no way implied that she intends to shut down any schools at all. She was speaking to a school that feared being closed by local officials, despite being an above average performer. She was referring hypothetically to what she thinks the local officials who make these decisions should consider. She was referring to whether local officials should fight to keep poorly performing schools open against budget pressures to consolidate schools, not that they should shut all of them down regardless of their being a need to do so. The only thing she said she personally would actually do as President is fight to support and save good performing schools being closed, which is not at all the same as actively closing schools that are below average.

There was no misrepresentation. There is a video clip of her saying the exact quote I quoted at the link.

 

[untermensche]

Your headline should read "As usual The Weekly Standard lies through its teeth and mindless minons swallow their nonsense without question."

Clinton in no way implied that she intends to shut down any schools at all. She was speaking to a school that feared being closed by local officials, despite being an above average performer. She was referring hypothetically to what she thinks the local officials who make these decisions should consider. She was referring to whether local officials should fight to keep poorly performing schools open against budget pressures to consolidate schools, not that they should shut all of them down regardless of their being a need to do so. The only thing she said she personally would actually do as President is fight to support and save good performing schools being closed, which is not at all the same as actively closing schools that are below average.

There was no misrepresentation. There is a video clip of her saying the exact quote I quoted at the link.

Yes, human language, which has ambiguity built in.

To say:

"Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better than average job.

Can be read as;

If I had the power I wouldn't keep any school open.....

It can also be read as:

Clinton announces intent to shut thousands of schools

One a little more reasonable than the other since presidents do not have the power to close schools.

 

[Horatio Parker]

All the children are above average in Lake Wobegon.

 

[dismal]

One a little more reasonable than the other since presidents do not have the power to close schools.

Executive orders. Pay attention.

 

[untermensche]

All the children are above average in Lake Wobegon.

On their SAT's.

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One a little more reasonable than the other since presidents do not have the power to close schools.

Executive orders. Pay attention.

OK.

Have your fun.

 

[fromderinside]

Whoa. Be gone!

Kind of dismal like isn't it.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

One a little more reasonable than the other since presidents do not have the power to close schools.

Executive orders. Pay attention.

Yes everybody, dismal is right. She will kill public education. It has always been her plan.

 

[thebeave]

This school district and these schools throughout Iowa are doing a better than average job," Clinton told the crowd. "Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better than average job. If a school's not doing a good job, then you know it may not be good for the kids.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

If you keep shutting down the below average schools, won't you eventually get to the point where there's only one school open anywhere?

 

[ZiprHead]

Look out everyone! Rush Limbaugh is now posting at TFT.

 

[ronburgundy]

Your headline should read "As usual The Weekly Standard lies through its teeth and mindless minons swallow their nonsense without question."

Clinton in no way implied that she intends to shut down any schools at all. She was speaking to a school that feared being closed by local officials, despite being an above average performer. She was referring hypothetically to what she thinks the local officials who make these decisions should consider. She was referring to whether local officials should fight to keep poorly performing schools open against budget pressures to consolidate schools, not that they should shut all of them down regardless of their being a need to do so. The only thing she said she personally would actually do as President is fight to support and save good performing schools being closed, which is not at all the same as actively closing schools that are below average.

There was no misrepresentation. There is a video clip of her saying the exact quote I quoted at the link.

Your thread title and every word of your OP other than the quote along with every word of the Weekly Standard article is a gross misrepresentation of what her quote was actually referring to. The propaganda rag you got your story from has a "standard" of lying on a "weekly" basis in order to advance their agenda.

 

[Metaphor]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/clint...ing-a-better-than-average-job/article/2000327

Given there are roughly 100,000 public schools in the US (I assume in her position as Czar of Schools she would only have power to shut public schools) if we assume the quality of the job schools are doing is roughly normally distributed, this amounts to closing about 50,000 schools.

If you keep shutting down the below average schools, won't you eventually get to the point where there's only one school open anywhere?

Well, you could open up new schools in their place, so that every year a huge amount of capital is destroyed building up then shutting down the new bottom half.

 

[arkirk]

Bernie Sanders never said he would shut down schools. This idea of Clinton's is a kind of pump priming that Metaphor suggests making the kind of meaningless GDP that keeps the slaves working yet never leaves anybody well enough fed or educated. There is such a thing as an industrialist's approach to all problems and this idea bears that stamp. What needs to be done is to improve the parts of the schools that are not functioning as they should. It could be to replace a toilet, a textbook, a teaching method, etc. etc. but this shutdown idea is a whole lot of stir with little potential for improvement and a lot of potential for what the Clintons are known for...cronyism. .

 

[Bronzeage]

I've never understood how a building can affect the performance of the people inside. I understand that a leaky roof or bad lighting would be a problem, but the solution to those things are obvious.

How does taking all the people out of a building and sending them to other places improve things?

 

[fromderinside]

I've never understood how a building can affect the performance of the people inside. I understand that a leaky roof or bad lighting would be a problem, but the solution to those things are obvious.

How does taking all the people out of a building and sending them to other places improve things?

My money is on changing the neighborhood by installing a precinct, hospital, shopping mall, and a manufacturing plant, there along with the school.

 

[Bronzeage]

I've never understood how a building can affect the performance of the people inside. I understand that a leaky roof or bad lighting would be a problem, but the solution to those things are obvious.

How does taking all the people out of a building and sending them to other places improve things?

My money is on changing the neighborhood by installing a precinct, hospital, shopping mall, and a manufacturing plant, there along with the school.

Maybe so. You know, it could be like guns. If buildings are the problem, more buildings are the solution.

In my neighborhood, Charter Schools are the next great thing. Somehow, putting a school in a defunct department store is supposed to be the way to improve test scores.