Comments on: The Obama School Scandal?

National Review Online: Public Schools Are Unacceptable To Pretty Much Anyone, Liberal Or Conservative

[david-12345]

Jonah Goldberg - you forfiet your integrity when you push this blather as acceptable reasoning.

Let''s make a list of all the situations of the last 8 years when you argued it was OK to be a hypocrite. How long is that list??

Trying to deflect and diminish valid criticism reveals your priority of partisanship over the best interests of our nation.

[ardiva1]

I agree with cbsespo.
Security is definitely a priority for the First Family.
Good for the Obama''s in choosing a private school.

[david-12345]

So where is the "Change"? Where is the "Yes We Can"?

The teachers union as a special interest is more important to Obama and Democrats than actually educating the children of America.

Same old politics, again. And I thought we voted for change...

[enkidu_the_atheist]

As a public school teacher, I would ask that principal why he hasn''t fired incompetent teachers. It can be done and it is done in my district. But it requires a principal who will do his job. Observe the teacher, give clear written evaluations documenting deficiencies, then begin termination procedures if the teacher doesn''t improve.

Perhaps the bigger problem is finding a replacement. Who wants to spend six years in college in order to work in a "hell hole" when that same effort gets you more pay and better working conditions in any other industry? Perhaps the principal won''t or can''t fire incompetent teachers because the pay and working conditions make it unlikely he can find anyone better, or that nobody could succeed in a "hell hole."

Free enterprise requires you to pay for what you get, and if you are not getting the quality you want, you need to pay more or put up with the status quo. At least that''s the way it works with CEOs, engineers, lawyers, etc. Perhaps Michelle Rhee has part of the solution, perhaps not, but you don''t get a Ferrari if you''re only willing to pay for a ''67 Dodge Dart.

[llarsonl]

I will never cease to be amazed at the partisan press and their spin on issues. My children went to public and private schools and the private schools were much better run and at less cost per student. If the people that fund and administer these institutions will not use them what does that say about them? Change is needed not the status quo.

[cbsespo]

I do not see it as hypocritical at all. The security issue as well as the disrupting of normal school life for others make this a very easy decision.