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      <title>Comments On: GOP Kills Stewart&apos;s Attempt to Ban Money-Making Virtual Schools
    
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    <author><![CDATA[NeverFear]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The State is more interested in competition for the public schools versus the article statement of Privatizing the public schools. One can learn from competition but not from a monopoly especially one that is long out dated and inefficient.
        
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      <![CDATA[Here you will find K12-Managed Public Schools Year-Over-Year Gains in Math and Reading Compared to the National Norm Group for School Years 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12. (look around page 52)<br>
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<a href="http://www.k12.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2013-K12-Academic-Report-Feb6-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.k12.com/sites/default/files/pdf&hellip;</a><br>
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 I have the information and determination to help my children in the learning process.
        
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      <![CDATA[They not only bought the bullsh*t, they paid tax dollars for it, without bothering to do a trial run or otherwise vet the program.
        
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      <![CDATA[Cut the crap with the bullying canard. Kids will have more than enough time after school to play on a computer and even more when they get to college.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jim Collins]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yeah.....well Dennis, this model just isn't working, is it? Where does the concept of socialization come in?
        
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      <![CDATA[People need to learn how the the virtual schools can help students in a lot of ways. It gives them more flexibility in learning.
        
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      <![CDATA[No. I oppose making it easier to accumulate debt for more worthless degrees. And K-12 "virtual" schools are absurd.
        
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      <![CDATA[So you wouldn't fund the Tennessee Board of Regents Online degree program?
        
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      <![CDATA[There should be no public funding or accreditation for any "virtual' school from K through graduate school.
        
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