http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html#47522 excellent step indeed it is, training teaching all children including adults who lack self discipline,self control self worth doing it by using positive reinforcement tools is hope for each and every individual involved in a childs education,we are obilgated as people to make a signifigent positive diffrence in ALL childrens Lives, what good does it do if you only love those you know? critizing and judgeing accomplishes nothing,better to spend money on all children and teachers educating teachers to educate not only children but parents as well who lack these tools due to lack of knowledge, all would learn positive methods that demonstrate self discipline and self control,self worth better preparing them for the bright future that awaits them.we are obilgated to give Hope to the Lost. positive discipline promotes greatness,punishment does the opposite.Goverment can not replace the role of the Parent,but goverment can make a positive impact in making a diffrence that is just.... 47522@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:49:27 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html#47232 No government education program can fill the void left by poor, absent parenting. Without addressing the problem at its core - parents who do not value the free education given to their children and who do not raise them to respect their teachers and do their work - we as taxpayers simply throw good money away. Programs like these, on the city, state and national level, have been around for years and still the same behavioral problems persist, for the simple reason that the government cannot replace the role of the parent. I have seen first-hand the effect of the lackadaisical attitudes of parents in the inner city; despite their children attending well-funded public charter schools with small classes and young teachers eager to make a difference, the children still underperform because at home, their mothers are not involved, do not hold their children accountable, and instead yell at the teachers when their children fail. Better to spend the money educating the parents!... 47232@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:37:30 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html#46852 This bill is an excellent step in the right direction. Schools that have implement Positive Behavior Support plans are showing incredible gains in student attendance rates and achievement, while at the same time reporting that the schools are safer for all students. Before you criticize something you know very little about, you should do some research.... 46852@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:06:51 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html#44907 His own kids attend a school run on John Dewey (socialist/Marxist/humanist-type). I naively put my daughter in one of these Dewey charter schools in Calif. It was a microcosm of a communist society. Competition was suppressed; they did nothing but talk about self-esteem; teachers didn't assign work and let kids grade themselves. Oh, plus, some of the student vandalized the chapel (the school was renting a church for their school) - yet they were never punished. They wanted to treat those students (the vandalizing thugs) equally. let them know my daughter actually was there to learn and so she wasn't being treated "equally." The school head didn't care.... 44907@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:13:19 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html#44722 Obama's s2111 "education' bill has Orwellian implications.... 44722@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:28:11 EDT