The Cartel

"The Cartel" investigates what is causing the vast underachievement in New Jersey Public Schools and what can be done to turn things around.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• The Cartel
• New Jersey
• NJEA
• Bob Bowdon
• School Choice
• Achievement Gap

[mdostay]

OK, I saw the film. It was so excellent that I hated it. Well, you know what I mean, I hate the premise that I'm paying hard earned dollars into such a sham of an educational system. Corruption in NJ? Gee, who would have thought?

So my question - what do I do? How do we get school choice? To whom do we DEMAND school choice?

Thank you Bob Bowden.

[Pentazoid111]

anyone know where I can see this documentary?

[Mrwiseamerican]

@sfldd You are either a damned liar, or just don't have a clue what you are a part of.

[Mrwiseamerican]

The reason this exists is because the schools are getting more federal money if they will pass the students. That is the issue in a nutshell. Like our government everything is being ran like a failed corporation. Corporations like ENRON, Fannie Mae, & Freddie Mac, GMAC, AIG, The list is incredible, & would go on for miles if placed on a continuous paper list. These corporations are all members of the United Nations concept, which to implement requires the destruction of conservative America.

[nellieou]

One more thing, when I lived and went to high school in France I noticed they failed students on a regular basis and it wasn't that big of a deal. Students had to re-do a year if they failed. Students who didn't want to continue failing, just quit or went to a trade. Maybe if we failed students, it would give them more incentive to learn and conitnue along with their peers. But we wouldn't want to put too much pressure on them, that wouldn't be good for their self esteem, would it?

[nellieou]

Many of the poorer students go into vocational schools, other students decide to study music, literature, or economics, and the ones competing against our math and science scores are specializing in math and science as their major in college. Maybe we ought to stop dumbing down our classrooms by insisting all students take and pass the same courses, and have govt quit making schools responsible for students' lack of study habits.

[nellieou]

What they don't mention is that many countries with higher Math and Science scores than we have don't have mandatory inclusion for all students, gifted, underachieving, priveleged, or poor. It also doesn't say anything about those foreign schools making their students decide what educational paths they'll take at 9th grade.

[ExZonie]

But I bet they know how to put a condom on a banana.

[Equinoxx1337]

It's nice to see Canada near the top =]

[bpentium]

Spend more on dumbing down of America?

[ActiveStorage]

teachers watching porn at school fucking rofl

was that a joke or something?

[InterestingBoredom]

Let's just dump some more money into it, that oughta do the trick.