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May 12 2012
06:41 pm
Haslam: Vouchers are coming
By: R. Neal

In this Tom Humphrey interview, Haslam says regarding school vouchers "There is a commitment to do some part of it next year." He will also bring back "flexibility" on class sizes.

(Say, is he jaywalking in that picture?)

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Stick's picture

Just Being Shrill

Submitted by Stick on Sat, 2012/05/12 - 8:24pm.

Baby steppin' toward privatization... or, to be more precise, baby steppin' toward Chile! Uncle Milty would be so proud.

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Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Sun, 2012/05/13 - 11:55am.

Baby stepping toward segregation....

You bet.

Unfolding in Memphis: Municipal schools referendum bill approved by Senate, headed to governor.

Unfolding in Nashville: Judge approves class-action status of Metro schools segregation suit.

jcgrim's picture

Dumb ideas don't go away...

Submitted by jcgrim on Mon, 2012/05/14 - 7:34am.

they are re-introduced. Particularly if there's a buck to be made.

Charter's picture

According to CBS, you can add

Submitted by Charter (not verified) on Mon, 2012/05/14 - 7:57am.

According to CBS, you can add immigration fraud, endured servitude and money laundering to the charter concept; (link...)

50 cents wasted's picture

Easy to see why Jamie Hagood bailed out of the way

Submitted by 50 cents wasted (not verified) on Mon, 2012/05/14 - 9:43am.

Either she saw this one coming or "they" made her an offer she could not refuse to go think about education reform while the Haslam administration undertook their reforms. In either scenario, in my opinion, her ties to the teacher's union in Tennessee put her in a no win situation, particularly with a packed Repubican majority in the house, the senate, and in the govenor's office.

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