Comments on: No Time for Games in Education Policies http://indianachamberblogs.com/chamber-news/no-time-for-games-in-education-policies/ The Business Blog of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: tyne daily http://indianachamberblogs.com/chamber-news/no-time-for-games-in-education-policies/#comment-2240 tyne daily Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:33:12 +0000 http://indianachamberblogs.com/?p=3408#comment-2240 I want to see you teach a class of 30 first graders to read! As the money drops in education, fewer teachers are hired, classroom sizes go up and scores go down. It is a FACT. Younger students need personalized instruction. In a group of 30 that becomes a secondary item to keeping everyone in a seat and on task. You need time to get to know what your students need and this is best served through smaller class sized. Put some money in YOUR future! I want to see you teach a class of 30 first graders to read! As the money drops in education, fewer teachers are hired, classroom sizes go up and scores go down. It is a FACT. Younger students need personalized instruction. In a group of 30 that becomes a secondary item to keeping everyone in a seat and on task. You need time to get to know what your students need and this is best served through smaller class sized. Put some money in YOUR future!

]]> By: TJ D'Agostino http://indianachamberblogs.com/chamber-news/no-time-for-games-in-education-policies/#comment-2238 TJ D'Agostino Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:50:19 +0000 http://indianachamberblogs.com/?p=3408#comment-2238 Thanks for a great post, Tom. The real irony is that ISTA is pushing HB 1367 under the pretext of budget cuts, while Scholarship Tax Credit programs have been proven to save State budgets millions of dollars. Through the Scholarship Tax Credit students will receive a quality education at a school of their choice for a fraction of the cost to tax-payers. This is Teacher's Union self-interest and politics at the expense of kids and tax payers at its worst. I'll be continuing to follow the progress of these proceedings, with great interest, on my blog <a href="http://catholicschooladvocate.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"> Thanks for a great post, Tom. The real irony is that ISTA is pushing HB 1367 under the pretext of budget cuts, while Scholarship Tax Credit programs have been proven to save State budgets millions of dollars. Through the Scholarship Tax Credit students will receive a quality education at a school of their choice for a fraction of the cost to tax-payers. This is Teacher’s Union self-interest and politics at the expense of kids and tax payers at its worst.

I’ll be continuing to follow the progress of these proceedings, with great interest, on my blog

]]> By: Jeff Brantley http://indianachamberblogs.com/chamber-news/no-time-for-games-in-education-policies/#comment-2236 Jeff Brantley Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:47:20 +0000 http://indianachamberblogs.com/?p=3408#comment-2236 Bravo! Bravo!

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