Comments on: Education Entrepreneurs http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/education-entrepreneurs/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:40:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Staton http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/education-entrepreneurs/#comment-33728 Michael Staton Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:51:28 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/education-entrepreneurs/#comment-33728 I think you miss the point. The education system, itself, is broken. We need people with vision and resolve to be able to execute on new ideas. This can only happen through disrputive capital. NSVF is really more of a philanthropic organization, though, and invests in more nonprofits that private companies. I do agree with your critique that we need to keep structural improvements to the capitalist system that promote equal opportunity and move towards equality. I also do not buy the capitalist argument that unions are bad. I think they've brought about so many good things about American society and international labor relations through a hard won struggle. The tenure system is not necessarily good for teachers. The education system does need the ability to invest in human resources, and, inevitably that means it needs to be able to get rid of ineffective teachers (not blame effective teachers for an ineffective system nor fire them for political reasons). I think you miss the point. The education system, itself, is broken. We need people with vision and resolve to be able to execute on new ideas. This can only happen through disrputive capital. NSVF is really more of a philanthropic organization, though, and invests in more nonprofits that private companies.

I do agree with your critique that we need to keep structural improvements to the capitalist system that promote equal opportunity and move towards equality. I also do not buy the capitalist argument that unions are bad. I think they’ve brought about so many good things about American society and international labor relations through a hard won struggle.

The tenure system is not necessarily good for teachers. The education system does need the ability to invest in human resources, and, inevitably that means it needs to be able to get rid of ineffective teachers (not blame effective teachers for an ineffective system nor fire them for political reasons).

]]> By: dan e http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/education-entrepreneurs/#comment-18437 dan e Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:03:15 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/education-entrepreneurs/#comment-18437 Excellent, Seth. I'll send this to Linda Roberts, also to Georgia West who runs Underground Books located in the St Hope complex portion of K. Johnson's emerging Empire. BTW, did I say that I view Kevin J. as the most dangerous CA politician to emerge since Arnold? Even more dangerous than Zionist thoughtcop Darrel Steinbug? Excellent, Seth. I’ll send this to Linda Roberts, also to Georgia West who runs Underground Books located in the St Hope complex portion of K. Johnson’s emerging Empire.

BTW, did I say that I view Kevin J. as the most dangerous CA politician to emerge since Arnold? Even more dangerous than Zionist thoughtcop Darrel Steinbug?

]]>