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Mon Jan 7, 2013, 07:59 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
Michelle Rhee's group gave D and F grades to most states in this country for their school policies.
First may I say that I would not trust this group to judge education in all the states. Well, they call it judging education "policy", but basically it does judge those states by Michelle Rhee's criteria of education reform.
Just picture this Students First group's credibility after watching this ad against public education in America which aired during the Olympics. Michelle Rhee's group defends offensive ad that targets schools and overweight people. How much credibility can you possibly give to a group that defends ridiculing teachers and public education during the Olympics on TV. Here is the ranking and grades of the states given by Michelle Rhee's group Students First. Report Card by Students First 43 Alabama F 0.67 There is also a map. Report Card Students First The Baltimore Sun has an article about this. I think they should have been stronger in their opposition to such a biased group grading all the states. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/blog/bal-michelle-rhees-organization-gives-maryland-reform-a-d-20130107,0,6349395.story?track=rss Michelle Rhee's education group gives Maryland a D. A controversial set of national report cards issued this week by StudentsFirst--the advocacy and lobbying organization started by former Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee-- gave Maryland's educational policies and reforms a grade of D+ in a state-by-state analysis. To paraphrase: By "empowering" parents they put the blame only on teachers. Parents and students off scott free. By "elevating" teachers they mean tying their pay and job security on how the students score on a multiple choice test. By "spending wisely and governing well" they mean merit pay and getting rid of continuing contracts given after 3 to 5 years to good teacher. In other words making sure that other states like Florida no longer offer tenure to teachers. These are the policies of our national Department of Education. People like Michelle Rhee get away with it because it IS policy. And because no one wants anyone else to be critical of that policy. And that's a shame.
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Michelle Rhee's group gave D and F grades to most states in this country for their school policies. (Original post) |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | OP |
Atman | Jan 2013 | #1 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #6 | |
Dawson Leery | Jan 2013 | #2 | |
liberal_at_heart | Jan 2013 | #35 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #36 | |
Mass | Jan 2013 | #3 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #5 | |
immoderate | Jan 2013 | #4 | |
proud2BlibKansan | Jan 2013 | #7 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #8 | |
proud2BlibKansan | Jan 2013 | #10 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #12 | |
Starry Messenger | Jan 2013 | #46 | |
KoKo | Jan 2013 | #9 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #13 | |
jody | Jan 2013 | #11 | |
Squinch | Jan 2013 | #14 | |
lunasun | Jan 2013 | #28 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #15 | |
NewJeffCT | Jan 2013 | #16 | |
cali | Jan 2013 | #59 | |
madrchsod | Jan 2013 | #17 | |
LeftInTX | Jan 2013 | #18 | |
Downwinder | Jan 2013 | #19 | |
RomneyLies | Jan 2013 | #20 | |
lunasun | Jan 2013 | #27 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #30 | |
HiPointDem | Jan 2013 | #40 | |
DonRedwood | Jan 2013 | #21 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #31 | |
progressoid | Jan 2013 | #22 | |
karynnj | Jan 2013 | #23 | |
hay rick | Jan 2013 | #24 | |
Blue_In_AK | Jan 2013 | #25 | |
LWolf | Jan 2013 | #26 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #29 | |
historylovr | Jan 2013 | #32 | |
ancianita | Jan 2013 | #33 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #34 | |
ancianita | Jan 2013 | #42 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #52 | |
HiPointDem | Jan 2013 | #39 | |
ancianita | Jan 2013 | #43 | |
HiPointDem | Jan 2013 | #45 | |
ancianita | Jan 2013 | #47 | |
duffyduff | Jan 2013 | #55 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #53 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #37 | |
HiPointDem | Jan 2013 | #38 | |
davidpdx | Jan 2013 | #41 | |
ancianita | Jan 2013 | #44 | |
Starry Messenger | Jan 2013 | #48 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #63 | |
LeftInTX | Jan 2013 | #49 | |
jsr | Jan 2013 | #64 | |
Jennicut | Jan 2013 | #50 | |
jsr | Jan 2013 | #51 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #56 | |
duffyduff | Jan 2013 | #54 | |
hay rick | Jan 2013 | #57 | |
Odin2005 | Jan 2013 | #58 | |
We People | Jan 2013 | #60 | |
madfloridian | Jan 2013 | #61 | |
We People | Jan 2013 | #62 |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:04 PM
Atman (28,444 posts)
1. That bullshit on Morning Joe made me sick.
Basically, unless you sign on to her for-profit charter school agenda, you got a C or lower.
"EMPOWERING" is the right-wing term for "for-profit charter schools." Gosh, imagine that...Jeb Bush and Bobby Jindal got the highest grades? What a towering pile of steaming crap. |
Response to Atman (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:15 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
6. Missed that. Was Rhee on the show? I never watch Morning Joe.
She's taking control over public education, and no one is even trying to stop her.
I have been criticized for posting too much about the education reform here. So unless people stand up to things like this....she and others like her will retain that control. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:08 PM
Dawson Leery (12,225 posts)
2. Parents are very much to blame for the troubles in education.
Americans at large support the current system, and too many do not wish to be involved in the lives of their children.
Teachers are NOT the parent. It is NOT the job of teachers to be parents. |
Response to Dawson Leery (Reply #2)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:44 PM
liberal_at_heart (8,849 posts)
35. I am frustrated at the apathy but I'm not sure it's on purpose
I think poverty has a big role to play in the apathy of parents. We need parenting and maybe even some continuing education classes taught at the community level so parents can learn how to help their children. And we need changes to the current system. We need lots more funding. We need continuing education for our teachers. We need smaller class sizes and more tutoring for struggling students. We need to teach our students critical thinking, and we need to concentrate on the whole child not on test scores. We need big changes alright, just not the ones Michelle Rhee and others like her are advocating.
Response to liberal_at_heart (Reply #35)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:50 AM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
36. Help for parents, someplace to go for advice....
That was one of the biggest problems we had at my last school before retirement. Our guidance counselor was hung up on James Dobson tactics, not so good for troubled children. One teacher made up a paper with ideas on where parents could get help....such a simple idea. We shared her ideas, and it did help.
In neighborhoods like the one our school was in, it was so hard to keep the kids out of trouble. You are right, parents need resources....parents in poverty often don't get them. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:08 PM
Mass (26,446 posts)
3. Ridiculous. Apparently, results do not matter,.
MA is the top state in NAEP Scale Score and gets a D+ FL gets a B- for being 30 + in most scores (13 in 4th grade reading) LA gets also a B- for being 47th. So, teacher merit pay and teacher bashing is more important than results (which does not mean that MA results could not be improved). |
Response to Mass (Reply #3)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:12 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
5. Yes, that is right.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:09 PM
immoderate (18,113 posts)
4. Scam!
Words fail me.
--imm |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:17 PM
proud2BlibKansan (96,792 posts)
7. And there's no correlation between these scores and student achievement!!
Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #7)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:21 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
8. Did you catch the D to New York? They follow her policies carefully.
And they got a D?
Response to madfloridian (Reply #8)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:25 PM
proud2BlibKansan (96,792 posts)
10. It's because they haven't completely destroyed tenure yet.
Did you see where the state supt of schools in CA called the F his state received "a badge of honor"?
I got a good chuckle out of that one. |
Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #10)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:27 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
12. Good for him. Looks like CA lost RTTT money for not obeying Arne.
That's a shame.
Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #10)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:44 AM
Starry Messenger (25,224 posts)
46. Torlakson rocks.
One of those votes I'm always thrilled to enter. Edit: Oops, I see it was Zeiger who said it. Well, I'll leave it because they both rock.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:24 PM
KoKo (79,197 posts)
9. What a POS she is. Anne Coulter tied to Arne Duncan's Arm!
Michelle Rhee..."Destroying Education Across America" and supported by Sycophants and Uninformed Parents all Across America!
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:27 PM
jody (26,624 posts)
11. The "State Policy Report Card, 2013" is highly subjective and clearly non-metric. To use methods
appropriate only for metric data is most disingenuous.
No different from going in to a pasture full of bulls, finding an Angus patty and labeling it "1", a Brahman patty "2", a Charolais patty "3", a Devon patty "4", and an Estonian Red patty "5" and declaring the average patty is a "3". No, its really bullshit! |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:36 PM
Squinch (9,626 posts)
14. Haven't Michelle Rhee's results in DC been found to be the result of cheating on the part of her
Well, yes, I believe there is a Frontline coming tomorrow on that. |
Response to Squinch (Reply #14)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:00 PM
lunasun (6,465 posts)
28. yes on Tuesday and rerun through the week
The Education of Michelle Rhee New Tue, Jan 8 10:00 PM
PBS Examining Michelle Rhee's stormy 2007-10 tenure as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public-school system, including her battles with the teachers' union and her handling of a cheating scandal. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:42 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
15. Texas got a D? I thought the education powers that be were very reform-minded
I am beginning to be very embarrassed that Florida got a B!! |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:44 PM
NewJeffCT (39,027 posts)
16. I like how Mass, Conn, and NJ were middle of the pack
despite probably having 3 of the better overall public school systems in the country.
Response to NewJeffCT (Reply #16)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:51 PM
cali (97,370 posts)
59. Vermont's at the very bottom of the fact despite
the fact that it has one of the highest high school graduation rates in the country.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:52 PM
madrchsod (58,161 posts)
17. zero creditability
duncan and obama have zero creditably when it comes to public education.
oh yes, so does rhee. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:54 PM
LeftInTX (3,231 posts)
18. Louisiana #1 - yeah right
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:54 PM
Downwinder (10,186 posts)
19. Is there a comparison of her list and privatization?
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 08:59 PM
RomneyLies (3,333 posts)
20. Their top rated state is Louisiana
Louisiana is 47th out of 51 in eight grade math scores:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/withinyear.aspx?usrSelections=1%2cMAT%2c0%2c0%2cwithin%2c0%2c0 In fact, by rankings of states, they are precisely the opposite in educational outcomes state by state. Their grades PROVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, if a state implements "StudentsFirst" agenda, the effect will be the opposite of what is actually desired from education. |
Response to RomneyLies (Reply #20)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:54 PM
lunasun (6,465 posts)
27. opposite of what is actually desired from education.....
maybe not for them....they want to take it as low as it can go it seems........
Response to RomneyLies (Reply #20)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:10 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
30. Excellent point! Thanks.
Response to RomneyLies (Reply #20)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:22 AM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
40. +1. but try getting a platform to say that anywhere near what Rhee gets to spout nonsense.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:03 PM
DonRedwood (4,024 posts)
21. I'll never have any idea how that dishonest woman could have gotten so much clout
Horrible cheater and a liar holding us to the standards she achieved by cheating. We don't want to meet your standard, Rhee, because we'd have to lie, cheat, erase and fill-in as much as you did to achieve them.
Response to DonRedwood (Reply #21)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:17 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
31. Someone gave her this power. Allowed this to happen.
It's unbelievable.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:05 PM
progressoid (33,793 posts)
22. +1
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:08 PM
karynnj (50,250 posts)
23. I have major problems with any grades that are assigned based on "policies"
that seem NEGATIVELY correlated to actual achievement!
Looking at NJ (D), MA (D-) and Vermont(F) I am rather amused. They usually are in the top five in any achievement based scale. Yet Florida and Louisiana get the highest scores of B- and have never been seen as peers to say Massachusetts! No good analytical person would trust a metric that places the states in a way that is so counte to all the more objective metrics. Clearly what these scores show is that the preferred policies do not lead to good results on things like SAT scores or basic Iowa scores - more disturbingly, they are negatively correlated. What these results do best is to prove that a metric that measures how well a state conforms to her arbitrary preferences does not rank the states in the same order as most metrics that measure performance. It shows they are not working. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:24 PM
hay rick (3,780 posts)
24. The video is just embarrassing.
If you can't advance your cause with the power of your ideas, the power of money is a good substitute. Excellent article on how online learning companies are gaining (buying) influence here: http://www.thenation.com/article/164651/how-online-learning-companies-bought-americas-schools?page=0,0
Excerpt from the article: Lobbyists for virtual school companies have also embedded themselves in the conservative infrastructure. The International Association for Online Learning (iNACOL), the trade association for EdisonLearning, Connections Academy, K12 Inc., American Virtual Academy, Apex Learning and other leading virtual education companies, is a case in point. A former Bush appointee at the Education Department, iNACOL president Susan Patrick traverses right-leaning think tanks spreading the gospel of virtual schools. In the past year, she has addressed the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, a group dedicated to setting up laissez-faire nonprofits all over the world, as well as the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
Two pivotal conservative organizations have helped Patrick in her campaigns for virtual schools: the American Legislative Exchange Council and the State Policy Network. SPN nurtures and establishes state-based policy and communication nonprofits with a right-wing bent. ALEC, the thirty-eight-year-old conservative nonprofit, similarly coordinates a fifty-state strategy for right-wing policy. Special task forces composed of corporate lobbyists and state lawmakers write template legislation . Since 2005, ALEC has offered a template law called The Virtual Public Schools Act to introduce online education. Mickey Revenaugh, an executive at virtual-school powerhouse Connections Learning, co-chairs the education policywriting department of ALEC. At SPNs annual conference in Cleveland last year, held two months before the midterm elections, the think tank network adopted a new push for education reform, specifically embracing online technology and expanding vouchers. Patrick opened the event and led a session about virtual schools with Anthony Kim, president of the virtual-school business Education Elements. SPN has faced accusations before that it is little more than a coin-operated front for corporations. For instance, SPN and its affiliates receive money from polluters, including infamous petrochemical giant Koch Industries, allegedly in exchange for aggressive promotion of climate denial theories. But SPNs conference had less to do with policy than with tactics. Kyle Olson, a Republican operative infamous in Michigan and other states for his confrontational attacks on unionized teachers, gave a presentation on labor reform in K-12 education. Stanford Swim, heir to a Utah-based investment fortune and head of a traditional-values foundation, ran a workshop at the conference on creating viral videos to advance the cause. He said policy papers wouldnt work. Tell your scholars, Sorry, this isnt a white paper, Swim advised. You gotta go there, he continued, and its because thats where the audience is. If its vulgar, so what? he added. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:41 PM
Blue_In_AK (42,548 posts)
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:50 PM
LWolf (40,230 posts)
26. This makes me sick.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:02 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
29. NYC parents group grades Michelle Rhee. Good for them.
"Michelle Rhee, former DC Chancellor and founder of the organization StudentsFirst, has come out with a new state by state report card, grading states on how well they adhere to the corporate reform agenda of privatization and choice (i.e. expanding charters and vouchers) , merit pay, and rigid evaluation systems based on test scores. Her grading scheme actually punishes states that have policies to reduce class size above grade three, or offer incentives to keep classes small even though class size reduction is one of the top priorities of parents, and one of the few education reforms that have proven to work. At the same time she gives points to states that either have mayoral control, support the Parent trigger or provide other ways to supersede the authority of democratically-elected school boards. Even as Rhee often claims that student outcomes and achievement are what matters most, the two states with the highest student achievement in the nation, Massachusetts and New Jersey, received a D- and a D. California got an "F" for refusing to sign onto the provisions of "Race to the Top", including test-based evaluations of teachers; Richard Zeiger, the state's deputy superintendent, called the state's failing grade a badge of honor. I thought it was a good time to reprint the Parents Across America report card for Rhee, where she received failing grades in categories important to parents. See below." More at the link. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:38 PM
historylovr (744 posts)
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:56 PM
ancianita (3,484 posts)
33. Okay, so everyone's getting what an attention whore hack she is. Now can we move on and
get rid of national blowhards like her? Do we have to keep giving corporate hacks such national prominence in what are state-by-state budgeting priorities?
Response to ancianita (Reply #33)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:32 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
34. They are "taking" the power. We are allowing it to happen.
If a political party was on our side we maybe could slow it down.
Response to madfloridian (Reply #34)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:20 AM
ancianita (3,484 posts)
42. For every failed school or district, we have to point out successes in the same state.
We have to point out the private school systems' curricula, non-test structures and professional personnel. We have to school the public with VISIONS about what good schools look like without all the hack middlemen that now bullshit the public about how 'necessary' they are.
We have to flatten the high verticality of failing districts, like Chicago's, that always have money for new six figure 'administrative' hacks like her and never have enough money to lower class size. This is something we can do. We really have to show the stats to the public about how replicable success rates consistently correlate with lower class size. More direct services personnel -- teachers, counselors, WHOLE FOOD services, enrichment activities. We can do this. |
Response to ancianita (Reply #42)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:18 AM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
52. I HAVE been doing this since 2009.
I am retired from teaching, the "reformers" can't hurt me now. But it is very hard to get people to notice as the propaganda about the bad schools and teachers started back with Reagan's flawed "Nation at Risk" report.
I have paid a price for writing so much about it, and I have been called many things for criticizing Obama's policies. And it IS his policy. He is allowing it all to happen under his watch. Yes, we can do this. But first there must not be a stigma attached to criticism of the president. |
Response to ancianita (Reply #33)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:20 AM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
39. The administration supports hacks like her, & so does the GOP. How do we get rid of hacks like
her when the entire political & economic establishment is fully behind this & spouts propaganda 24/7?
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #39)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:21 AM
ancianita (3,484 posts)
43. I hate to say this, but at some point we have to sound like single issue voters.
Because well-structured public schools are really that important to any civilized society's survival. It won't do for us to stay a nation of struggling 'independent contractors.'
Response to ancianita (Reply #43)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:40 AM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
45. that point is long past, i think. yet here we are, & half of du is just bloody alright with charter
schools. they eat that stuff up with big spoons.
if that's the case at du, imagine the general population. |
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #45)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:53 AM
ancianita (3,484 posts)
47. I can't accept that for the nation's children. I believe that the public has misplaced its trust
because it has bought into the bankrupt ideology of the "Hierarchy of Expertise." Particularly the rich know this to be false, yet they promote it through the droppings of Rhee and Duncan. The 1% really don't want anyone to think that their level of education doesn't come cheaply and that we get what we demand, not just what we pay for.
If what you say is true about DU: How can we call ourselves adults here if we acquiesce to substandard conditions for our children to live in. The science about charter schools is IN. We can't call ourselves anything but dupes of a paid class of oppressors if we don't stop these people. Sounds melodramatic, but I can't think of any other image. |
Response to ancianita (Reply #43)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:35 AM
duffyduff (2,095 posts)
55. It's truly bedrock. You oppose public education, you oppose democracy.
That is the bottom line.
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #39)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:21 AM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
53. The political establishment AND the media adore her.
That's why she has gotten such power.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 02:48 AM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
37. The WP covers her rise to power. Pretty weird how she does it.
"StudentsFirst had a big presence in the 2012 elections, creating a long list of recommended candidates in numerous states and pouring money into getting them elected so they could push Rhee-style school reform. In Missouri alone, StudentsFirst spent more than $100,000 on 21 chosen candidates. The organization says that it won 86 out of 105 races for a success rate of 89.9 percent and helped flip 33 seats held by non-reform candidates to those who Rhee supported. Before the primary and November elections, Rhee was involved in reform efforts in a number of states, helping Indianas Republican governor at the time, Mitch Daniels, push through reform legislation, including a statewide voucher program. In nearly every state where there was charter legislation, she was active. Every time a state schools chief job has been open in a state interested in reform, her name has come up, but she was never interested. Why would she be? She has the ability to attract big private money to run an organization that allows her to do what she wants nationally. For her, it may even be better than being U.S. secretary of education. How powerful is she? Very. If you like her style of reform, then you will think thats a good thing. If you dont, be very worried." |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:18 AM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
38. Florida is a top scorer. (B-). That tells you everything you need to know about these assholes.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 05:48 AM
davidpdx (17,554 posts)
41. Well look at the grade the District of Columbia got and
then tell me with a straight face that there is no bias.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:24 AM
ancianita (3,484 posts)
44. I hope with more exposure this whole bullshit fraud foments a groundswell of public pissed-offedness
Arne Duncan is enabling her to get a national audience. He's the promoter of this policy. We need to scream and shout for his ouster, too.
We have to deconstruct the language of 'students first' the way we deconstructed the 'clean coal,' 'department of defense,' etc. Reformation is deformation in these stages: Defund. "Reform." Stigmatize. Privatize. The generational change shows itself in the nationwide abandonment of good quality teacher training at universities who've shut down schools of education, the dropout-to-prison pipeline, the narrowing of high school programs and the inflated costs of college that make any post high school systems knowledge inaccessible. |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:53 AM
Starry Messenger (25,224 posts)
48. I dream of the day when she gets embroiled in a scandal they can't ignore.
How did she wiggle out of erasuregate?
Response to Starry Messenger (Reply #48)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 02:14 AM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
63. Me, too.
It's like she thumbs her nose at the world, and the media covers her. Disappointed in the Frontline special tonight.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 10:11 AM
LeftInTX (3,231 posts)
49. Just looked up her Wiki: She's a democrat
What a hack!!!
According to the WPo article, her ratings are based on "her opinion". She needs to quit education and get a job at Bain Capital. |
Response to LeftInTX (Reply #49)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 10:30 AM
jsr (7,712 posts)
64. Michelle Rhee is known by the company she keeps
Her organization helps elect right-wing Republicans:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022160218 |
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 10:41 AM
Jennicut (25,415 posts)
50. I cannot stand her. Don't get me started.
She's a hack, she demonizes teachers, she offers no good solutions to education issues in this country. And my state of Connecticut is NOT a D+ in education. It's one of the best states in the country in terms of education. The reading and writing scores in CT are among the best. What an idiot.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 10:49 AM
jsr (7,712 posts)
51. Michelle Rhee is here, there and everywhere.
The Kim Kardashian of education.
Response to jsr (Reply #51)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:31 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
56. That's funny. Like that comparison.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:34 AM
duffyduff (2,095 posts)
54. The crook Rhee belongs in prison
not be considered as some kind of "expert" on education.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:38 PM
hay rick (3,780 posts)
57. What "elevate teachers" really means.
They want to put teachers on an elevator that almost always goes down...and takes their pay, benefits, security, and dignity with it.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:50 PM
Odin2005 (49,979 posts)
58. Bastards. Minnesota's educational system is the best in the country.
IIRC we have the highest graduation rate.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 04:58 PM
We People (619 posts)
60. Is there EVEN ONE legislator in Washington, DC who is appalled at Rhee and her Ed "Reform"?
Seems that she's got most of those in power enthralled.
She, NCLB and RTTT are all nothing but fraudulent. "Follow the Money" |
Response to We People (Reply #60)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 09:48 PM
madfloridian (83,020 posts)
61. Arne was appearing with Rhee during the investigation of her. From the WP in Feb.
I am not aware of any Democrats who have spoken against Rhee. In fact on several occasions Arne Duncan has expressed his support of her. He spoke out strongly that she should be allowed to stay in DC.
This is from the WP in Feb. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/education/duncan-and-rhee-on-panel-amid-dc-schools-inquiry.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all& Does it really matter that Secretary Duncan has appeared onstage with Ms. Rhee? " New York Times columnist to presume guilt before we have all the facts, Mr. Hamilton wrote in an e-mail. Our inspector general is investigating the cheating issue in D.C. public schools, and we should all let the findings speak for themselves. The Office of the Inspector General is an independent oversight agency, although the secretary can refer cases for investigation. Richard L. Hyde is one who believes that Mr. Duncan should keep his distance. Last year, Mr. Hyde directed 60 state agents in a nine-month investigation of cheating in the Atlanta public schools. They identified 178 teachers and principals in nearly half of the citys schools who cheated 82 of whom confessed. The case they built is so strong that criminal indictments are expected. Mr. Hyde said that to get witnesses to cooperate in such investigations, they must believe that the political leadership is committed. Im shocked that the secretary of education would be fraternizing with someone who could potentially be the target of the investigation, he said. The appearance of a conflict of interest is troubling because it can cause the public to lose faith in the investigation. |
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62. Thanks again, Madfloridian. I had missed that article before.
I rarely have the time to read all the comments for such articles (nor did I this time), but the ones I read were very thoughtful and highly critical of present so-called Education Reform. It's too bad they can't be developed into their own articles, ashey bring up excellent points - including questioning the qualifications of both Rhee and Duncan for their own positions.


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agree with the ranking's but cleverly's position is down to warren not keeping him active imo. he's a good boxer aswell is nathan and i fully expect him to have kept himself in some sort of shape over the xmas and start of the year , i might get linched for this but i think he has the best chance of beating hopkin's if they do ever square off , his style is all bad for hopkin's.first off his workrate would definitely make hopkin's feel his age and that's no disrespect.secondly we all know nathan is a smart guy which help's for alot when facing a smart old foe like hopkin's.and last of all , we all know that nathan in some part's of his fight's he like's to see who's got the bigger set ball's well he could do this with hopkin's as we all know hopkin's don't pack that punch that's gonna ko you.
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Springfield doubled the early advantage with another run in the top of the second. With one down, 3B Patrick Wisdom singled himself on. 2B Greg Miclat and C Travis Tartamella followed with consecutive free passes, loading the bases for O'Neill. O'Neill came through with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Wisdom for the 2-0 lead.
RHP Kurt Heyer (W, 1-1) kept the Hooks (8-3) bats at bay, blanking them through five scoreless frames before Corpus Christi got on the board in the bottom of the sixth. With one down, 2B Nolan Fontana hit a triple to right-center, before coming in on an RBI single from RF Andrew Aplin to make it 2-1.
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Your assumption on this enhancing boosting is incorrect. Sharing experience across all players regardless of level would be worse, and contribute to boosting even more. While you are grouped with them, everyone takes an EXP hit per NPC kill vs if everyone was the same level. There is also a group EXP bonus, depending on how many party members.
Why should you receive the same EXP as someone lower level than yourself when you turn in that quest? You are a higher level, already ahead of the curve, and less likely to die (and incur equipment repair costs) than the lower levels in your group. You also have extra talent points to boost your stats, hence making the quest easier for yourself than another lower level player.
I'm assuming you're "newer" to MMO/RPGS's, as this is the same design they have in any "quest-based" MMO game out there., just an FYI.
You may be able to power level them through quests, but the amount of EXP they lose per kill on each mob having a higher level in the group, renders the process even slower than doing the quests on your own, due to how spaced out quest chains are. Typically your going to kill 50+ mobs reaping 200-300 exp each on your way to another chain; with a 50 running you to the next zone you'll only be getting 10-15 exp per kill.


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So he's OK with a conclusion being drawn from statistics without context being given to the numbers.
The ratio is the point in which the accusation of hypocrisy comes from when actually all I want is the whole set of numbers to see whether the conclusion is correct or not, I care not about who is the victim more often than the other but the accuracy of the claim.
Okay, so Shinobu Oshino actually wrote checkmate at the end of the post... yes that messes with my ability to well... not mock someone and make comparisons to people who claim they have autism, but doesn't... Which is to say, I understand that consternation... I don't get precisely what you're upset with in this context? I'd actually be willing to say that yes, this problem is not gender dependent, because there is an extremely high amount of sexual abuse in women's prisons too. I think it's much more about power structures, when might is right is the rule of law (Threat of physical violence and coercion are how prisons interact with inmates) rape is normal. Rape's about taking control of another person, if you're in a society that is constantly doing that to you, you do it to others to establish power and security (both physically and metaphorically)
So really, I think this should be an argument about institutions and not gender. That's also true of rape more generally, we shouldn't just scream about how bad it is, we want to stop it, not give it cultural power which entices sadists to use rape as a means of self-actualization.
The statistics are a distraction anyways. At best they'll shock some people into caring, but who gets raped the most doesn't matter. As a society, we're not as good as we should be about rape, especially when it happens to men or prisoners. That needs to change and the only conversation worth having is one tied to how to effect the necessary changes.
Which I have never been against. In fact, I support that line of thinking. All I cared about was the claim that one is more frequent than the other being accurate rather than actual results and the context those bring.
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I agree, I just don't want people making false claims.
Rape is bad, rape should be gender neutral in terms of investigation, punishment, victim support and requirement of evidence. Who in this thread has been against that exactly?
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So basically... by making drugs illegal, we make them black market. By making them black market, we make them criminal. Because drugs are always in high demand, the market does not care if they're legal or illegal. Drug users, specifically, are mostly not addicts and mostly don't hurt anyone directly. I can't site it right now, but I could dig it up if wanted, there's been some cross-analysis studies that concluded roughly 6% of the population suffers from a highly addictive personality. These people turn to drugs, food and certain types of activities which produce similar endorphine rushes. They're biologically predisposed to addiction. Those people aren't most drug users.
Most drug users are slightly more affluent than average (contrary to popular belief, the poorer you are, typically, the less likely you are to use drugs, at least according to welfare statistics compiled after a few states (looking at you Florida) started mandatory tests for recipients of government funding). They also are not addicts, nor do they get intoxicated in public places.
Now you can say "Why do you use drugs, it hurts people!" Many people will say: "You're stupid, I grow my own." Or "Yeah, my 70 year old neighbor is really scary! He's gonna' fucking murder me if I'm late paying him back!" Sometimes of course drugs do go through the cartels, and do cause a lot of harm. But those cartels only exist because drugs are black market goods! And more than that... did you stop buying shoes or clothes that use child labor? Probably not. If you did, cool, but I bet you don't know who does and doesn't. Most people don't bother.
And see that's the point, this is all a stupid fucking tragedy. Human suffering, promoting human suffering. So yeah, you can go to jail for growing a pot plant in your back yard, with a seed you got from Willie Nelson. It's not about right and wrong, it's about dividing and conquering people. Same people who don't want you to ever get high, don't want you to enjoy having sex. They fucking suck.
People just need to stop being such fucking assholes. Someone doesn't stop being human when they commit a crime, and shit, tons of things are crimes that don't do anything bad to anyone!
There's not enough information in the articles to say the numbers are false.
People just blame the problem on men in general rather than see this as individuals hurting other individuals.
It's very frustrating especially when you argue with feminists who want to have a monopoly on being rape victims as if they are the only victims.
No one wants to accept the fact that society created these monsters.
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"These people, Adam, they're like ghosts. Always in the shadows. Always hiding behind lies and proxy soldiers. I need you to find them. They cannot stop us. They cannot stop the future".
so by this, it means that basically 1200 rapes happen...per day....in the US? which is about 24 rapes per state per day.
"These people, Adam, they're like ghosts. Always in the shadows. Always hiding behind lies and proxy soldiers. I need you to find them. They cannot stop us. They cannot stop the future".
"These people, Adam, they're like ghosts. Always in the shadows. Always hiding behind lies and proxy soldiers. I need you to find them. They cannot stop us. They cannot stop the future".
"These people, Adam, they're like ghosts. Always in the shadows. Always hiding behind lies and proxy soldiers. I need you to find them. They cannot stop us. They cannot stop the future".
Women have to fear getting raped in their everyday lives, while men have to fear it when they enter a prison. Yes, it's all bad, but I'm pretty sure most people would agree that having to fear getting raped outside of prison than inside one is worse. A man can avoid getting locked up in prison, a woman can stop going outside in the evening or to clubs, but it will limit her "normal" life.
How do the prisoners live in the US prisons, generally? I mean; where are they getting raped? How can they avoid the guards? Do they share cells and that's where it happens?


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As rapid re-housing increases in popularity as a strategy to address homelessness, not surprisingly, it is coming under closer scrutiny. Rapid re-housing is designed to help families experiencing homelessness by providing them with the financial assistance and services they need in order to return to permanent housing. It has been proven to be incredibly successful at doing that, but like any new idea, it has its detractors. Naturally, some people who have worked in the homeless assistance field for years, relying on strategies they are more familiar with, might be skeptical. With today's blog post, I'd like to take a look at three of the most common criticisms of rapid re-housing that I've heard, and discuss why these criticisms aren't valid.
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Today we'll focus on numbers four and five on this list: funders and providers. Providers, especially those that are changing their programs to improve their performance, need funders that will be supportive if they decide to change their business models to better meet the community's goals, vision, and outcomes. Funders can further support successful performance improvement efforts by viewing each provider as an integral part of a community-wide effort to end homelessness. Additionally, funders can look for ways to support promising new pilots that introduce best practices into the community.
The buy-in of front-line staff is also essential to ensure that new practices intended to improve outcomes are actually implemented. Governance staff, funders, and local and state government should work together to support providers in creating a system vision and shaping the programs and services necessary to carry it out. Creating a provider-inclusive, high performing environment also includes rewarding adoption of best practices, supporting providers in mastering accurate and consistent data entry, and providing resources and capacity support to organizations making changes in their programs to improve their outcomes.
Half of all renters in the U.S. are moderately or severely financially burdened by the cost of their housing. At an event in December 2013, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan called this 'the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has ever known.'
A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the soaring rents, saying that rents are 'out of reach' for America's middle class. Housing costs are considered affordable if they don't exceed 30 percent of household income. If middle class Americans are having trouble affording rent, imagine the challenges for people in poverty trying to get housing. In fact, people with low incomes spend the majority of their income on housing.
It's often assumed that unaffordable rent is a problem in metropolitan areas that have been known to have high housings costs. But this isn't just a "big city" problem. According to "Out of Reach 2014" by National Low Income Housing Coalition, "between 2000 and 2010, the number of cost burdened rural renter households increased by ten percentage points."
From 2007-2013, the number of renters increased by 6.2 million. Based on a report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, there are more renters now compared to about 10 years ago, and families are just about as likely to rent as single people. Rental vacancy rates continue to decrease, and rents continue to increase. Rents are estimated to rise by upwards of 4 percent during 2014 compared to last year's increase of 2.8 percent.
Did you know that the lowest paid workers in America must often work multiple jobs to pay for housing, and many face severe housing cost burdens that put them at risk of homelessness? The latest data show that this income group, which is often made up of households headed by a single parent, persons with disabilities, and seniors, faces a shortage of 7 million affordable housing units. If you think Congress should do something about this, you might be surprised to learn that it already has. Sort of.
Way back in 2008, Congress created the National Housing Trust Fund as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act. It was meant to expand the supply of rental housing affordable to extremely low income households.
Fully funded, the National Housing Trust Fund would close the gap between the number of extremely low income renter households and the number of affordable units of housing available to them. That would mean more poor people would be able to afford housing, and fewer poor people would be at risk of becoming homeless. However, it has never been funded. What's going on?
Today we'll focus on number three on this list: a strong governance structure. The governance structure consists of the entity or set of entities that manage the homelessness assistance system and are responsible for duties that include making funding decisions for the system and ranking programs for the annual Continuum of Care (CoC) application.
A supportive, effective governance entity monitors and evaluates performance, defines and incentivizes high performance, and takes action to reduce poor performance. In CoCs with good governance structures, paid staff fill the key roles that require the most responsibility, such as CoC application coordinators and system planners. This ensures that CoCs will prioritize system issues and that dedicated staff will be accountable for completing essential tasks.
Often-times, someone will say to me, "So, tell me about this new rapid re-housing model," not realizing that rapid re-housing is far from new. Rapid re-housing is a Housing First intervention that prioritizes moving homeless families or individuals into permanent housing as quickly as possible. It first emerged as a promising model decades ago when a number of programs like Beyond Shelter in Los Angeles; Rapid Exit in Hennepin County, Minn.; and the Shelter to Independent Living program in Lancaster, Pa. began practicing it.
Still, it's hardly surprising that many people are under the impression it's a new model. Only relatively recently, the federal government made rapid re-housing a federal priority. In 2008, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) dipped a toe in the water by announcing the Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration Project, which eventually distributed $25 million to 23 communities to pilot rapid re-housing.
Then, in quick succession in 2009, Congress appropriated $1.5 billion for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing program (HPRP) in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and enacted the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act, which reauthorized the McKinney-Vento homeless assistance programs administered by HUD. HPRP served an estimated 1.4 million people with prevention and rapid re-housing assistance over three years. And, the HEARTH Act recognized rapid re-housing as a newly eligible activity proven to be effective at reducing homelessness.
Back in February, the Alliance's 2014 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness drew more than 800 people from across the country, including federal and local officials, homeless advocates, and other people working on the front lines of the fight to end homelessness, to New Orleans to address a wide range of issues, including health care reform, funding strategies, housing for homeless veteran families, engaging homeless youth through social media, and the commercial sexual exploitation of homeless youth. These are the keynote remarks delivered by the Alliance's President and CEO Nan Roman on the first day of that conference, February 18, 2014.
Did you know that 5.6 million veterans live in rural areas of the U.S.? That represents nearly a quarter of all veterans. And the majority of veterans in rural America are age 55 or older. That's according the Housing Assistance Council's (HAC) recent report, "From Service to Shelter: Housing Veterans in Rural America." The report also talked about challenges for younger rural veterans, poverty, and housing affordability, but the findings on older rural veterans caught my attention:
So how do we end youth homelessness? That's a big question, and there remains a lot of debate as to its answer. However, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has identified two key priority areas that we must address if we are to set the nation's course toward ending youth homelessness.
One: We must gather more accurate information on the number of young people who experience homelessness each year. To solve a problem you must know its scope, and right now, in spite of efforts by organization across the country during the last Point-In-Time to get a youth-inclusive count, we still don't know how many homeless youth are out there.
We do know that about half of the homeless young people counted were unsheltered. That means that in communities across the country, unaccompanied homeless youth were spending the night in places unfit for human habitation: street corners, parks, subway stations, or in abandoned buildings.
It's not uncommon for people experiencing homelessness to also struggle with alcohol and drug problems. In the 2013 homeless Point-In-Time Count, one in five people experiencing homelessness said they had a chronic substance use disorder. The proportion of chronically homeless people with substance use disorders is estimated to be much higher, and the condition frequently co-occurs with mental illness.
As troubling as these numbers are, they do not show the complete picture. Rarely noted, for instance, is the obvious fact that the vast majority of the 20 million people in this country with substance use problems are not homeless. That suggests that people with substance use disorders might be homeless for reasons other than substance use. Poverty, lack of access to treatment, justice involvement, strained family supports – these factors can also contribute to housing instability, compounding the effects of a substance use disorder. Therefore, in addition to treatment, some people will need help addressing these factors if they are to recover and become stably housed.
This series, "Keys to High Performance," focuses on improving performance and maintaining high performance in homelessness assistance systems. This blog series is as a warm-up to a paper and toolkit that the Alliance's Center for Capacity Building will release on the same topic.
As I noted in our first blog post in this series, communities that make progress ending homelessness have a performance infrastructure that helps them attain and maintain high performance. Their infrastructure includes the five keys we will be discussing in this series.
For many years there has been debate in the homeless assistance field about whether homeless assistance programs should serve homeless people who are engaging in substance abuse. Many programs in the past were predicated on the idea that, for someone to be stably housed, the person must be sober. So programs made sobriety a requirement. Many programs across the country still operate on this model.
However, in recent years, with the growing acceptance of Housing First, more and more programs are moving to a model that incorporates harm reduction, serving the client while also reducing the negative consequences of the client's substance abuse. You've probably already heard one of the most popular forms of harm reduction: needle exchanges.
Carolyn, 19 years old, is seeking shelter for herself and her two young children. The young family has been staying with her boyfriend's mother, but the relationship is deteriorating and she needs a fresh start. She has been disconnected from her own mother since she entered foster care at age 13.
Susan, 17, is an honor roll student in high school who has been living in a group home for foster youth. She has thrived there, but she is only able to stay until she completes high school. She knows other youth have experienced homelessness after exiting foster care, so she is researching other housing options in her town so she will be prepared.
Robert, 18 just completed a juvenile justice program after getting in trouble with gangs. He has done well in the program, finishing his GED. He has strong relationships with family members, including a very supportive aunt, but his aunt lacks the financial resources to take him in. He has no stable place to stay.
What do all these youth have in common? They are all vulnerable youth who face the very real prospect of ending up in an emergency shelter for homeless adults or youth. But what if we had a better solution than shelter for these young people? In California, we already do. California is one of many states that have made the decision to extend foster care for youth under the Fostering Connections to Success Act.
Wow. Simply put, we are blown away. If you recall, on March 12, we launched an advocacy letter-writing campaign to encourage folks to send as many letters as possible before March 31 to your members of Congress asking them to support increased funding for HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2015.
The letter-writing campaign ends today. We extended it a few days beyond March 31 to match the deadline for the Senate Dear Colleague letter, and, drumroll please… We generated over 711 advocacy actions in just 22 days! So, so many of you took time to reach out to your members of Congress and encouraged others to do the same, and we couldn't be more thankful! The letter writing was only one component of the 22 days, as many of you made calls to follow up on your letters/emails, alerted your networks, and even circulated petitions!
Hi all! We're excited to introduce a new blog series that will run through the month of April. With this series, "Keys to High Performance," we will focus on improving performance and maintaining high performance in homelessness assistance systems. Each week we will cover one of the five keys we've developed as a warm-up to the paper and toolkit on the same topic that we will release soon after the series concludes.
Communities that make progress ending homelessness have a performance infrastructure that helps them attain and maintain high performance.
Does your local Public Housing Agency (PHA), the organization that administers HUD's low-income public housing and other HUD programs in your community, participate in local decisions about how to address homelessness? Is your PHA involved in your local Continuum of Care (CoC)?
If the answer to both these questions is yes, then your PHA is more likely to make efforts to serve homeless households through the Section 8 housing program or other public housing program than a PHA that doesn't, according to a recently released report by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research: Study of PHAs' Efforts to Serve People Experiencing Homelessness.
This report examines data collected from about 4,000 PHAs through an online survey and follow-up telephone interviews with 120 PHAs. Overall, 24 percent of PHAs have a prioritization that enables them to serve people experiencing homelessness and remove barriers that make it hard for them to access housing assistance programs.
The madness is here. BJ's Charity Championship begins TODAY Monday, March 31st and we need your vote to win and receive a $15,000 donation towards our work to end homelessness.
BJ's Wholesale Club has selected 16 charities to compete in their own March Madness style bracket competition this week. All you have to do is visit BJ's Wholesale Club's Charity Championship app on Facebook and vote for the Alliance.
True or false: March 31 is the last day to help people experiencing homelessness sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? The answer is – probably FALSE. That's because many vulnerable people experiencing homelessness may qualify for Medicaid. Enrollment in Medicaid is ongoing, and not affected by the annual "open season" that ends next week for some other ACA programs.
People with low and no incomes can still use state exchanges to find out if they qualify for Medicaid, and begin enrolling if they do. In states that chose to expand Medicaid, adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level can receive basic benefits at least. In all states, people with more severe conditions may qualify for enhanced coverage defined in each state.
Since I started this series almost exactly a year ago, we've received quite a few inquiries from communities interested in conducting Rapid Re-Housing Learning Collaboratives. Today I'd like to address two important questions we often get, that thus far I've neglected to mention on this blog: What will be the cost, in terms of time and capital? And how many staff will this take and what will the roles be?
Yesterday, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual report on the low income housing needs in America, "Out of Reach 2014."
In the report, NLIHC notes that the "Housing Wage," i.e. the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a decent two-bedroom rental unit at HUD's estimated Fair Market Rent, is now $18.92 per hour.
That puts 2014's Housing Wage 52 percent higher than it was in 2000. And, perhaps more strikingly, it means that a full-time minimum wage worker cannot afford a one-bedroom or two-bedroom rental unit at Fair Market Rent in any state in the U.S.
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Go to www.warbirds-rc.com to see bungee pedals, ramps, and dollys you can build yourself, as well as a construction article on the F-104 model as well as others. You will find this in the "Research Center" area. Good luck and keep us posted.
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I will try to get things rolling here by discussing my choice of power system. This might end up a little controversial, but I will try to explain myself... Motor: ARC-28-47-1 (From www.lightflightrc.com) Speed Control: SP 60 Amp ESC (From www.lightflightrc.com) Battery: Planning on using a Thunder Power 3850-3SX-TP-25C -Yes, a 3s Battery!! Fan Unit: HET 6904 fan Here is my reasoning... The ARC motor is a drop in replacement for the HET EDF 2W20 with one distinct advantage, greater KV/RPM's per Volt rating. ARC's KV = 4250 (Approx. 47175 RPM's @ 11.1V) HET 2W20's KV = 3350 (Approx. 49580 RPM's @ 14.8V) Disadvantage: That's telling me I will lose approx. 2405 RPM's switching to the ARC motor and using a 3S battery. Advantages: Weight! The F-104 will shed about 2.7 to 3.2 ounces AUW. Lighter wing loading = nicer flying F-104?! Cheaper battery packs! I'm hoping to achieve similar performance as compared to the "Stock HET" set-up. Dave at www.lightflightrc.com is #1 in my book when it comes to customer service. He is excellent at answering all questions, stands behind his products, overall good person. Light Flight RC has a link to a thread containing much information about the ARC line, even a video of the (lighter) HET F-16 being flown on the power system I have chosen with AMAZING results. One more thing, if I ever want to I can move up to a 4S pack / larger speed control... and have a ballistic RC F-104 if I so choose!!! (62,900 RPM's!!!) So, all that said... Let me have it! What do you all think? |
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Digger...check with Markos at www.warbirds-rc.com as he had some in stock and if not, EJF also has some.
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Flyinghigh, That arc motor is VERY underated. I believe they say 500 watts? I know for a fact either quiet flyer or backyard flyer tested it in a wemotec minifan 480 (70mm) And they put out over 1400 watts but it came at a price of hi amp draw (over 100). So I'm sure it can support 5s and 6s also. It spun that fan at over 70,000 rpm's.
I'll check, it's in a back issue from late this summer. My point is with that setup if you ever want more speed then you got it!!! Let me know how it flies. I have one thats gonna go in a het 609 fan in a skyray. Joe |
Nov 17, 2007, 11:38 PM | |
Some good video of the F-104
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Thanks for the video, awesome! |
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Looks like the cross breeding among AFC East teams continues http://www.wwaytv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=4392452&nav=menu70_4 Mularkey's a decent OC choice - like the Jets plucking of Mangini it seems that all teams are placing a high value on gaining insight from other AFC East team's coaches... everyone except the Patriots of course, who just focus on being the best.
Once we take McDaniels off the market teams will settle for anyone. Outside of his experience and accomplishments, what does this guy have to offer?
You're right. Outside of his experience in the AFC as an OC for the Steelers, as well as his experience as a HC in the AFC East, and his accomplishments, and his insights about rival teams in the AFC East as well as first hand information about the strengths and weaknesses of Buffalo, I guess he really has absolutely nothing to offer.
Actually I didn't - my bad - sorry. I think its a pretty wise move on Saban's part, just as long as he doesn't give Mularkey too much say in the personnel decisions.
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Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies at 61
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has died of cancer at age 61, her organization has announced.
On June 18, 1983, Ride was 32 when she launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Jurgen Klopp was in a positive mood after his Borussia Dortmund side picked up three points at Freiburg, despite having to adapt its approach to the game because of snowy conditions.
The former Mainz coach conceded his team could not play in its usual style because of the bad weather and said he made the decision to operate in a more direct fashion.
"We could not go out in this weather and play good football because nature has not allowed it," Klopp told reporters after the match. "We came here originally to play good passing football, but it was not possible in this weather, so we had to change our style and use long balls."
The Dortmund boss also felt it was a personal test of character for every member of his team to secure the win and he was delighted that they came through it unharmed.
"Today was a real test of character for the team and they passed it, and for that I am really proud of them," he added.
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