tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post3600706312678070561..comments2024-01-04T05:57:26.735-06:00Comments on Education Policy Blog: Hosted by the Forum on the Future of Public Education: "muscular philanthropy"Craig A. Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160288758906798678noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-77231295396445573412008-11-16T23:43:00.000-06:002008-11-16T23:43:00.000-06:00Hi Nice Blog . This entirely Web-delivered applica...Hi Nice Blog . This entirely Web-delivered application offers an unparalleled understanding of <A HREF="http://www.innerbody.com/image/skel05.html" REL="nofollow"> spine anatomy</A> . The Visible Body includes 3D models of over 1,700 anatomical structures, including all major organs and systems of the human body.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-71373274208353320142008-06-08T22:24:00.000-05:002008-06-08T22:24:00.000-05:00"Would you pay ten bucks for a bar of soap at Walt..."Would you pay ten bucks for a bar of soap at Walton so that Walton could pay its checkers more money?"<BR/>Do you honestly believe that paying the "checkers" at Walmart a living wage would increase the price of soap to ten dollars? Number one, that's a load of malarkey.<BR/>Number two, I would hope that in an enlightened society, we should be concerned with the wages of all of our members including the "checkers." Not only does it make moral sense, it makes for common sense as well, as the welfare of other people will have a direct effect on all of us.<BR/>"granting the allegations against Waltons, what has any of that got to do with Waltons funding for schools"<BR/>Why on earth would you trust the motives of individuals with no moral fiber? The Waltons fund causes which support their own agenda. KIPP schools seem to fit this agenda. I wonder why...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-41848666358655232882008-06-08T14:41:00.000-05:002008-06-08T14:41:00.000-05:00Walton pays its employees market rates for unskill...Walton pays its employees market rates for unskilled labor. Would you pay ten bucks for a bar of soap at Walton so that Walton could pay its checkers more money? <BR/><BR/>And even granting the allegations against Walton, what has any of that got to do with Walton funding for schools? Should schools turn down money because somebody thinks Walton doesn't pay its employees enough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-4230499473263286432008-06-06T06:55:00.000-05:002008-06-06T06:55:00.000-05:00'And what "basic human rights" have the Walton com...'And what "basic human rights" have the Walton company violated?'<BR/>Denying their employees a living wage and access to basic health care. Human rights violations in factories that produce products. Intimidation tactics against those workers who attempt to organize.<BR/>I don't trust their motives at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-22327609853136378582008-05-31T12:03:00.000-05:002008-05-31T12:03:00.000-05:00If Walton is putting money into schools that do a ...If Walton is putting money into schools that do a good job, that teachers like to teach in, and that parents and students like, how is it common sense that something is wrong with that?<BR/><BR/>And what "bssic human rights" have the Walton company violated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-71625004393743191802008-05-28T16:02:00.000-05:002008-05-28T16:02:00.000-05:00Great post! One does not need more than a sprinkl...Great post! One does not need more than a sprinkle of common sense to deduce that when individuals like the Waltons, whose company is constantly under scrutiny for their violations of basic human rights, begin funding anything education related it should be of suspect.<BR/>But then again, we don't need common sense anymore.<BR/>We need evidence!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-40615396211292821782008-05-27T13:26:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:26:00.000-05:00You do know the difference between evidence and op...You do know the difference between evidence and opinion and proganda, don't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-17879872852393237002008-05-27T13:22:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:22:00.000-05:00Well, if I were writing an article or a book, no d...Well, if I were writing an article or a book, no doubt I would offer more "evidence," but since this is a blog, where opinion is free to grow and graze, I am quite happy to have you take it or leave it as it is. Vive le difference! <BR/><BR/>I am wondering, however, what kind of "evidence" would you find compelling. <BR/><BR/>And that's Frederick M. (Rick) Hess.James Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-54747220968540665402008-05-27T10:38:00.001-05:002008-05-27T10:38:00.001-05:00I still think there needs to be more evidence to b...I still think there needs to be more evidence to back up your claims. If we shouldn't believe foundations' own PR efforts in one way, maybe we shouldn't believe them when they talk about their own influence, either, or the reasons why people accept the money.<BR/><BR/>One minor thing: As someone pointed out on my blog, it's Rick Hess of AEI, not Fred Hess.Sherman Dornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491045214079619658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-44854799614194268772008-05-27T10:38:00.000-05:002008-05-27T10:38:00.000-05:00I still think there needs to be more evidence to b...I still think there needs to be more evidence to back up your claims. If we shouldn't believe foundations' own PR efforts in one way, maybe we shouldn't believe them when they talk about their own influence, either, or the reasons why people accept the money.<BR/><BR/>One minor thing: As someone pointed out on my blog, it's Rick Hess of AEI, not Fred Hess.Sherman Dornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491045214079619658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-66232008125590211712008-05-26T11:16:00.000-05:002008-05-26T11:16:00.000-05:00It's an extraordinary dis on minority parents to c...It's an extraordinary dis on minority parents to claim that they are so clueless about their children's welfare that they would turn them over to a system whose only goal is to keep them down.<BR/><BR/>AFT is running a charter school and a number of liberal and progressive types support the concept of charters. Teachers have voted to join up with Steve Barr's program. Are they all fascists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com