Kasich is beyond 'squishy'. He's the original pillsbury doughboy, whiner with a cooked spaghetti spine. Kasich is the Republican for people who despise Republicans. Look up the word 'squishy RINO lib' in Google images and Kasichs picture pops up. Why is Kasich every bit as bad as Jeb or worse?
Mr. Kasich: For a man who likes to portray himself as a Christian, you have a very unusual way of showing it. You support the Common Core Standards, the privatizing of public education and have given full support to the Turkish Gulen schools. Not only are they NOT producing the grades or college bound kids as they claim to, they are indoctrinating our children and breaking our laws continually. But you have done nothing to protect our children!
Is Kasich Really A Democrat?
Kasich has hired John Weaver, a blast from the past, who, like Kasich, has rejected not just the conservative wing of the GOP, but all parts of the GOP not in favor of more expansive, debt riddled government and liberal social politics.
John Weaver made a name for himself in New Hampshire in 2000, helping Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) beat George W. Bush in that primary. After McCain ultimately lost, Weaver took his football and went home, or at least left the GOP. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted him in 2002, “I don’t think it surprised one person in McCain-land,” he said. “I think they thought I was a Democrat all along.”
This is the man Jon Kasich has hired to run his “Republican” campaign.
Weaver worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, theAssociation of Trial Lawyers, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)‘s campaign against John Sununu, and Dick Gephardt’s 2004 Presidential run. Weaver also thought Howard Dean was “very clever” back during Dean’s run for the Presidency and Weaver donated to Chuck Schumer and Jean Carnahan.
Having wandered in the land of Democratic losses throughout the early 2000’s, Weaver again joined Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2007, only to be forced outby Cindy McCain. He returned to lead John Huntsman to nowhere in 2012. In 2014, Weaver tried to help the liberal independent, Greg Orman, win Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)‘ Kansas Senate seat against the GOP.
Now he is running Kasich’s campaign and he’s running the same playbook as before. He and Kasich will run to the left, drip with condescension over the rest of the Republican field, play “dad” to the arguing children, and win heaping spoonfuls of praise from the media. Along the way, they will sucker donors out of dollars, lose the race, and get a great TV deal.
Posted in part from http://www.redstate.com/erick/2015/09/17/the-republican-for-people-who-hate-republicans/
Don't forget that Kasich also went around the legislature and illegally instituted Common Core, another big government program that promised money for the state coffers in return for giving up more of our state sovereignty to the feds. When you hear Kasich brag about balancing the state budget, he does it in part by taking federal money with all the regulations and strings attached. That's why he expanded Medicaid despite a 66% vote (Healthcare Freedom Amendment) to not get tied up with Obamacare. He even said during the debate something to the affect that if PP is defunded it will mean less money coming into his state. We conservatives in Ohio want to get rid of him but not by promoting him to a higher level.
John Weaver made a name for himself in New Hampshire in 2000, helping Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) beat George W. Bush in that primary. After McCain ultimately lost, Weaver took his football and went home, or at least left the GOP. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted him in 2002, “I don’t think it surprised one person in McCain-land,” he said. “I think they thought I was a Democrat all along.”
This is the man Jon Kasich has hired to run his “Republican” campaign.
Weaver worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, theAssociation of Trial Lawyers, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)‘s campaign against John Sununu, and Dick Gephardt’s 2004 Presidential run. Weaver also thought Howard Dean was “very clever” back during Dean’s run for the Presidency and Weaver donated to Chuck Schumer and Jean Carnahan.
Having wandered in the land of Democratic losses throughout the early 2000’s, Weaver again joined Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2007, only to be forced outby Cindy McCain. He returned to lead John Huntsman to nowhere in 2012. In 2014, Weaver tried to help the liberal independent, Greg Orman, win Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)‘ Kansas Senate seat against the GOP.
Now he is running Kasich’s campaign and he’s running the same playbook as before. He and Kasich will run to the left, drip with condescension over the rest of the Republican field, play “dad” to the arguing children, and win heaping spoonfuls of praise from the media. Along the way, they will sucker donors out of dollars, lose the race, and get a great TV deal.
Posted in part from http://www.redstate.com/erick/2015/09/17/the-republican-for-people-who-hate-republicans/
Don't forget that Kasich also went around the legislature and illegally instituted Common Core, another big government program that promised money for the state coffers in return for giving up more of our state sovereignty to the feds. When you hear Kasich brag about balancing the state budget, he does it in part by taking federal money with all the regulations and strings attached. That's why he expanded Medicaid despite a 66% vote (Healthcare Freedom Amendment) to not get tied up with Obamacare. He even said during the debate something to the affect that if PP is defunded it will mean less money coming into his state. We conservatives in Ohio want to get rid of him but not by promoting him to a higher level.
TPP -
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, John Kasich expressed his support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. He said "The TPP, it's critical to us, not only for economic reasons and for jobs, because there are so many people who are connected to getting jobs because of trade, but it allows us to create not only economy alliances, but also potentially strategic alliances against the Chinese. They are not our enemy, but they are certainly not our friend."
- During a speech at the New America Foundation's April 24, 2015, conference, "Kasich criticized Hillary Clinton for not taking a firm position in the current debate on fast-track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership," according to Cleveland.com. Kasich said, "My feeling about it is I'm pretty much for open (trade), but I think the American workers have been shafted. ...I'm for open (trade), but I want to make sure that the workers in this country are protected. ...I've never been a total free trader, because I think that the rules ought to apply to other countries like they apply to us."
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OHIO'S CHARTER SCHOOL DEBACLE'S:
Under John Kasich, Ohio's Charter Schools Became a "National Joke" - The GOP presidential candidate expanded a system that's bred failing schools. Imagine Charter schools all over America have produced failing schools - charging enormous rental and management fees. If they don't close because of failing grades, the financial situation will certainly close them.
Before Imagine Columbus Primary Academy opened, an Imagine school operated in the building for eight years. Its story was nearly identical to many - The struggling school was paying enormous sums to Schoolhouse Finance (which is a subsidiary of Imagine handling the financial deeds), while languishing on the state's "academic emergency" list—a designation reserved for F-rated schools—before its board voted to shut it down. One member of that board was David Hansen, who shortly after the school's closing was appointed by Gov. John Kasich to a newly created position: executive director of Ohio's Office of Quality School Choice and Funding. Kasich tasked Hansen with overseeing the expansion of the state's charter schools and virtual schools, which are online charter schools typically used by homeschoolers.
Imagine Charter School Management CEO, Dennis Bakke, the former chairman of Applied Energy Services (AES), a global electric power company, has been a long-time leader of efforts to privatize public education and a major contributor to John Kasich. Bakke is president and CEO of Imagine Schools, the largest commercial manager of charter schools in the United States. Bakke invested $155 million of the fortune he had made as CEO of AES into co-founding, with his wife Eileen, a charter school network called Imagine Schools. By 2010 Imagine had 71 schools in 11 states and the District of Columbia, making it the largest commercial manager of charter schools in the United States.
By law, charters to run taxpayer-funded schools in Ohio are issued only to nonprofit groups, but these groups are permitted to contract with private management companies, such as Imagine, to run the schools. Then Gov. Ted Strickland attempted to ban this practice but was blocked by Republican legislators. The report shows that Imagine, with headquarters in Arlington, Va., takes 90-98 percent of the state funds provided to the 11 schools it runs in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Dayton and Akron. This is your money America!
Since the 2005-2006 school year the performance of these schools has been dismal. The Ohio Department of Education has so far rated six Imagine-run schools. Five of the schools have received the lowest possible rating of "Academic Emergency," while one has gotten the slightly better rating of "Academic Watch." These ratings are "substantially worse" than nearby neighborhood public schools, the report charges.
Because of its poor performance Imagine is barred from opening new schools in Ohio under standards recently established by the Strickland administration.
So Gov. Kasich as the President of this great country is this what we have to look forward to in regard to our children's education?
Under John Kasich, Ohio's Charter Schools Became a "National Joke" - The GOP presidential candidate expanded a system that's bred failing schools. Imagine Charter schools all over America have produced failing schools - charging enormous rental and management fees. If they don't close because of failing grades, the financial situation will certainly close them.
Before Imagine Columbus Primary Academy opened, an Imagine school operated in the building for eight years. Its story was nearly identical to many - The struggling school was paying enormous sums to Schoolhouse Finance (which is a subsidiary of Imagine handling the financial deeds), while languishing on the state's "academic emergency" list—a designation reserved for F-rated schools—before its board voted to shut it down. One member of that board was David Hansen, who shortly after the school's closing was appointed by Gov. John Kasich to a newly created position: executive director of Ohio's Office of Quality School Choice and Funding. Kasich tasked Hansen with overseeing the expansion of the state's charter schools and virtual schools, which are online charter schools typically used by homeschoolers.
Imagine Charter School Management CEO, Dennis Bakke, the former chairman of Applied Energy Services (AES), a global electric power company, has been a long-time leader of efforts to privatize public education and a major contributor to John Kasich. Bakke is president and CEO of Imagine Schools, the largest commercial manager of charter schools in the United States. Bakke invested $155 million of the fortune he had made as CEO of AES into co-founding, with his wife Eileen, a charter school network called Imagine Schools. By 2010 Imagine had 71 schools in 11 states and the District of Columbia, making it the largest commercial manager of charter schools in the United States.
By law, charters to run taxpayer-funded schools in Ohio are issued only to nonprofit groups, but these groups are permitted to contract with private management companies, such as Imagine, to run the schools. Then Gov. Ted Strickland attempted to ban this practice but was blocked by Republican legislators. The report shows that Imagine, with headquarters in Arlington, Va., takes 90-98 percent of the state funds provided to the 11 schools it runs in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Dayton and Akron. This is your money America!
Since the 2005-2006 school year the performance of these schools has been dismal. The Ohio Department of Education has so far rated six Imagine-run schools. Five of the schools have received the lowest possible rating of "Academic Emergency," while one has gotten the slightly better rating of "Academic Watch." These ratings are "substantially worse" than nearby neighborhood public schools, the report charges.
Because of its poor performance Imagine is barred from opening new schools in Ohio under standards recently established by the Strickland administration.
So Gov. Kasich as the President of this great country is this what we have to look forward to in regard to our children's education?
Ohio's Recent Education Problems:
Imagine Charter School Management CEO, Dennis Bakke, the former chairman of AES, a global electric power company, has been a long-time leader of efforts to privatize public education and a major contributor to John Kasich. Bakke is also a member of "The Family," the right-wing Christian cult of prominent businessmen and politicians embroiled in scandals surrounding its "C Street spiritual haven" in Washington.
Kasich would have Americans believe the Bible supports the welfare state. We acknowledge Mr. Kasich is a Christian, but like so many of the far right New Age ministers, Kasich is taking the Bible out of context. One thought on this is that currently our government forces us to support welfare by using our tax dollars. The Christian way of thinking is welfare is not charity as charity is given freely with personal choice - there is a difference.
Let me give an example - When the government helps someone, it is not "charity"; it is "welfare" or "the dole". Charity is voluntary. Welfare is coercive redistribution. Voluntary action and coerced action are opposites -- you cannot use Welfare and Charity interchangeably, since they are actually mortal enemies. And yes the Bible fully supports charity and expects you to take care of your fellow man in his time of need. If I help my neighbor it is because of his need - if the government gives him welfare it is based on his age, #of people in his family, how much he was earning, etc.
Three major newspapers in Ohio have seconded the State Board of Education’s call for an investigation of grade-rigging of charter school data by state officials. They demand that the state open its records but the state has been stonewalling their requests.
Here is one from the Columbus Dispatch:
“If state Superintendent of Education Richard Ross is not covering up something embarrassing or illegal at the Ohio Department of Education, his recent actions aren’t helping his credibility.
“Ross, who formerly worked for Gov. John Kasich as head of the Office of 21st Century Education, has been dragging his feet for a month in honoring a request from several Ohio newspapers for documents that might shed light on why someone at the education department decided to omit the poor performance of online and dropout-recovery charter schools from the department’s evaluation of charter-school sponsors. The omission artificially inflated the rankings of at least one sponsor. Several charter-school sponsors have made large donations to Republican officeholders. These donations are routinely cited as a major reason why Ohio’s lawmakers have failed to reform Ohio’s abysmal charter-school system.
“David Hansen, former head of the education department’s office of school choice, was blamed for the data omission and resigned. Declaring that Hansen — who happens to be the husband of the woman who heads Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign — acted alone, Ross hoped the matter was closed and everyone would move on. But seven members of the State Board of Education instead called for an investigation of the matter.
“That call has gone unanswered. Even State Auditor Dave Yost, who was zealous in the investigation of performance-enhancing data-rigging at Columbus City Schools, is surprisingly incurious about the attempted data-rigging at the education department. He declared himself satisfied that the attempt was disclosed and corrected and that no financial harm had come to the state.
“Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
“Absent any official interest in investigating the matter, Ohio’s newspapers, including The Dispatch, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, the Akron Beacon Journal, The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Dayton Daily News all filed formal requests for records that might show whether Hansen truly acted alone.
“The papers have been waiting for weeks for the education department to comply with state open-records law. The education department says the process is taking so long because the emails are being vetted to ensure that no mistakes are made.”
Here is another, from the Akron Beacon-Journal:
“John Kasich subscribes to the theory of a rogue offender in the Ohio Department of Education. The governor deems “political” the calls to look deeper into David Hansen doctoring the grades of charter schools so they would remain in position to add students and thus collect additional state money.
“I mean, the guy’s gone. He’s gone,” the governor declared, as if Hansen admitting his deed and resigning as the head of the school choice and accountability office ends the matter. Legitimate questions remain. They start with whether other officials, in particular, Richard Ross, the state school superintendent, had anything to do with altering the grading system.
“Perhaps Hansen acted alone. Yet the way this governor and fellow Republicans in charge at the Statehouse have coddled many in the charter school industry, there is much room for skepticism about the claim. More, some state school board members see possible violations of the law, which requires the full inclusion of grades in evaluations.
“The job of investigating is ripe for the state inspector general. Unfortunately, in his case, politics do interfere, Randy Meyer closely aligned with Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor. Seven members of the state school board (six Democrats and one Republican) rightly requested an independent investigation. They were rebuffed.
“Which leaves this and other newspapers to dig into what happened. That means, in large part, seeking and examining public records. The trouble is, as Doug Livingston, the Beacon Journal education writer, explained over the weekend, that process has encountered a lengthy delay. The Education Department has been slow in releasing related email messages and other documents.”
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer wrote a scathing editorial as well.
“The Ohio Department of Education needs to stop its inexcusable foot-dragging and turn over emails and other public documents requested by news outlets attempting to determine who was responsible for trying to omit from overall charter evaluations the poor grades of online charter and dropout-recovery schools.
“The scheme, which was first revealed by Plain Dealer Education Reporter Patrick O’Donnell, would, among other results, have helped the academic standing of charter school organizations in which some large GOP campaign donors have a financial stake.”
Thanks to Bill Phillis of the Ohio Equity and Adequacy Coalition for alerting me to this situation. If Kasich gets onto the GOP ticket, the national press will be digging along with the Ohio press, to see how much payola influenced the grade rigging.
Phillis writes:
“ODE is under a dark cloud, which is of its own creation. Never before, in its history dating back to 1956, has ODE been under such a veil of suspicion. ODE is hiding suspected misfeasance and malfeasance regarding its dealings with the charter school industry. Since the Governor’s office is now in charge of ODE, the probe should include that office.
“According to the ODE website, Frank Stoy is now director of the charter school office. It should be of interest that David Hansen, while heading up the charter school office, brought Mr. Stoy into ODE. Stoy had been associated with the Ohio Council of Community Schools, which as a result of data manipulation ended up as the top-rated charter school sponsor. Just a coincidence?
“An independent investigation, as called for by seven elected State Board of Education members, should reach all the way back to the beginning of the charter industry in 1999.”
William Phillis
Ohio E & A
http://dianeravitch.net/
Kasich would have Americans believe the Bible supports the welfare state. We acknowledge Mr. Kasich is a Christian, but like so many of the far right New Age ministers, Kasich is taking the Bible out of context. One thought on this is that currently our government forces us to support welfare by using our tax dollars. The Christian way of thinking is welfare is not charity as charity is given freely with personal choice - there is a difference.
Let me give an example - When the government helps someone, it is not "charity"; it is "welfare" or "the dole". Charity is voluntary. Welfare is coercive redistribution. Voluntary action and coerced action are opposites -- you cannot use Welfare and Charity interchangeably, since they are actually mortal enemies. And yes the Bible fully supports charity and expects you to take care of your fellow man in his time of need. If I help my neighbor it is because of his need - if the government gives him welfare it is based on his age, #of people in his family, how much he was earning, etc.
Three major newspapers in Ohio have seconded the State Board of Education’s call for an investigation of grade-rigging of charter school data by state officials. They demand that the state open its records but the state has been stonewalling their requests.
Here is one from the Columbus Dispatch:
“If state Superintendent of Education Richard Ross is not covering up something embarrassing or illegal at the Ohio Department of Education, his recent actions aren’t helping his credibility.
“Ross, who formerly worked for Gov. John Kasich as head of the Office of 21st Century Education, has been dragging his feet for a month in honoring a request from several Ohio newspapers for documents that might shed light on why someone at the education department decided to omit the poor performance of online and dropout-recovery charter schools from the department’s evaluation of charter-school sponsors. The omission artificially inflated the rankings of at least one sponsor. Several charter-school sponsors have made large donations to Republican officeholders. These donations are routinely cited as a major reason why Ohio’s lawmakers have failed to reform Ohio’s abysmal charter-school system.
“David Hansen, former head of the education department’s office of school choice, was blamed for the data omission and resigned. Declaring that Hansen — who happens to be the husband of the woman who heads Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign — acted alone, Ross hoped the matter was closed and everyone would move on. But seven members of the State Board of Education instead called for an investigation of the matter.
“That call has gone unanswered. Even State Auditor Dave Yost, who was zealous in the investigation of performance-enhancing data-rigging at Columbus City Schools, is surprisingly incurious about the attempted data-rigging at the education department. He declared himself satisfied that the attempt was disclosed and corrected and that no financial harm had come to the state.
“Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
“Absent any official interest in investigating the matter, Ohio’s newspapers, including The Dispatch, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, the Akron Beacon Journal, The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Dayton Daily News all filed formal requests for records that might show whether Hansen truly acted alone.
“The papers have been waiting for weeks for the education department to comply with state open-records law. The education department says the process is taking so long because the emails are being vetted to ensure that no mistakes are made.”
Here is another, from the Akron Beacon-Journal:
“John Kasich subscribes to the theory of a rogue offender in the Ohio Department of Education. The governor deems “political” the calls to look deeper into David Hansen doctoring the grades of charter schools so they would remain in position to add students and thus collect additional state money.
“I mean, the guy’s gone. He’s gone,” the governor declared, as if Hansen admitting his deed and resigning as the head of the school choice and accountability office ends the matter. Legitimate questions remain. They start with whether other officials, in particular, Richard Ross, the state school superintendent, had anything to do with altering the grading system.
“Perhaps Hansen acted alone. Yet the way this governor and fellow Republicans in charge at the Statehouse have coddled many in the charter school industry, there is much room for skepticism about the claim. More, some state school board members see possible violations of the law, which requires the full inclusion of grades in evaluations.
“The job of investigating is ripe for the state inspector general. Unfortunately, in his case, politics do interfere, Randy Meyer closely aligned with Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor. Seven members of the state school board (six Democrats and one Republican) rightly requested an independent investigation. They were rebuffed.
“Which leaves this and other newspapers to dig into what happened. That means, in large part, seeking and examining public records. The trouble is, as Doug Livingston, the Beacon Journal education writer, explained over the weekend, that process has encountered a lengthy delay. The Education Department has been slow in releasing related email messages and other documents.”
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer wrote a scathing editorial as well.
“The Ohio Department of Education needs to stop its inexcusable foot-dragging and turn over emails and other public documents requested by news outlets attempting to determine who was responsible for trying to omit from overall charter evaluations the poor grades of online charter and dropout-recovery schools.
“The scheme, which was first revealed by Plain Dealer Education Reporter Patrick O’Donnell, would, among other results, have helped the academic standing of charter school organizations in which some large GOP campaign donors have a financial stake.”
Thanks to Bill Phillis of the Ohio Equity and Adequacy Coalition for alerting me to this situation. If Kasich gets onto the GOP ticket, the national press will be digging along with the Ohio press, to see how much payola influenced the grade rigging.
Phillis writes:
“ODE is under a dark cloud, which is of its own creation. Never before, in its history dating back to 1956, has ODE been under such a veil of suspicion. ODE is hiding suspected misfeasance and malfeasance regarding its dealings with the charter school industry. Since the Governor’s office is now in charge of ODE, the probe should include that office.
“According to the ODE website, Frank Stoy is now director of the charter school office. It should be of interest that David Hansen, while heading up the charter school office, brought Mr. Stoy into ODE. Stoy had been associated with the Ohio Council of Community Schools, which as a result of data manipulation ended up as the top-rated charter school sponsor. Just a coincidence?
“An independent investigation, as called for by seven elected State Board of Education members, should reach all the way back to the beginning of the charter industry in 1999.”
William Phillis
Ohio E & A
http://dianeravitch.net/
Kasich and Other Governors: Who's Not Truthful About Common Core?
The New American January, 2015
A line of division among the potential Republican candidates for president seems to be developing in the controversy over Common Core "education standards." Former congressman and present Ohio Governor John Kasich, a possible presidential hopeful next year, took off the gloves this past week and implied that opponents of Common Core are liars.
This puts Kasich in the same pro-Common Core boat with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. In opposition to the radical education standards are fellow governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Chris Christy of New Jersey, and U.S. Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.
(This Editors Note: Until running for president Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal were still supporting the CCSS - Scott Walker is still playing games with it and Rubio and Cruz have for a intensive purposes refused to address the issue - however since they are running for president they did vote NAY on the recent ESEA legislation.)
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Kasich did not allow that his fellow governors who oppose Common Core were just wrong, or perhaps misinformed; he contended rather that they are playing politics with the issue. "These are governors who helped create Common Core," he insisted. But with a presidential election looming and the Republican grassroots up in arms against Common Core, Kasich claims they are telling Republicans what they want to hear. (Kasich is absolutely right).
Jindal of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the federal Department of Education is making an effort to nationalize the curriculum with incentives such as President Obama's Race to the Top, which are now tied to states' acceptance of the controversial Common Core standards. "I've asked the Republican governors who have complained about this to tell me where I'm wrong," Kasich said. "Guess what — silence." READ MORE
A line of division among the potential Republican candidates for president seems to be developing in the controversy over Common Core "education standards." Former congressman and present Ohio Governor John Kasich, a possible presidential hopeful next year, took off the gloves this past week and implied that opponents of Common Core are liars.
This puts Kasich in the same pro-Common Core boat with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. In opposition to the radical education standards are fellow governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Chris Christy of New Jersey, and U.S. Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.
(This Editors Note: Until running for president Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal were still supporting the CCSS - Scott Walker is still playing games with it and Rubio and Cruz have for a intensive purposes refused to address the issue - however since they are running for president they did vote NAY on the recent ESEA legislation.)
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Kasich did not allow that his fellow governors who oppose Common Core were just wrong, or perhaps misinformed; he contended rather that they are playing politics with the issue. "These are governors who helped create Common Core," he insisted. But with a presidential election looming and the Republican grassroots up in arms against Common Core, Kasich claims they are telling Republicans what they want to hear. (Kasich is absolutely right).
Jindal of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that the federal Department of Education is making an effort to nationalize the curriculum with incentives such as President Obama's Race to the Top, which are now tied to states' acceptance of the controversial Common Core standards. "I've asked the Republican governors who have complained about this to tell me where I'm wrong," Kasich said. "Guess what — silence." READ MORE
Why So Many Turkish Gulen Charter Schools in Ohio?
One of the curious aspects of the charter movement, beloved by both Republicans and the Obama administration, is the growth of Gulen charter schools. These are schools associated with a reclusive Turkish imam named Fetullah Gulen who lives in the Poconos but leads a vigorous political movement in Turkey. The Gulen schools have a board of directors composed typically of Turkish men, and most of their teachers are Turkish female H1B immigrants of which after 6 months they send them home (fired?) and they are replaced by another H1B.
"Ohio taxpayers provide jobs to Turkish immigrants through charter schools." The state has 19 Gulen charters. Some powerful state politicians have traveled to Turkey, and they return as supporters of Gulen charters. Gulen charters have innocuous names that do not reflect their ties to Turkey.
Akron Beacon Journal reporter Doug Livingston states: "Ohio taxpayers provide jobs to Turkish immigrants through charter schools." The state has 19 Gulen charters. Some powerful state politicians have traveled to Turkey, and they return as supporters of Gulen charters. Gulen charters have innocuous names that do not reflect their ties to Turkey. A chain of 19 publicly funded Ohio charter schools, founded by Turkish immigrants, is taking the position that the United States lacks a qualified pool of math and science teachers and is importing perhaps hundreds of Turks to fill the void.
"The schools are run almost exclusively by persons of Turkish heritage, some of whom are not U.S. citizens — a new twist in Ohio’s controversial charter-school movement.
"Among those touring Turkey has been State Rep. Cliff Rosenberger, a Clarksville Republican on the powerful finance and appropriations committee and considered to be a leading candidate for House speaker next year. He was joined on the trip by at least four other state legislators and local government leaders from his area in southwest Ohio.
"However, as early as 2002, state audits found thousands of public dollars “illegally expended” to finance the U.S. citizenship process for Turkish employees — some fresh out of college with no classroom experience and broken English. Help with legal and immigration fees also extended to their children and families, including the spouses of directors.
"The auditor also cited suspect wire transfers, totaling $36,000, and checks made out to “cash” to repay personal loans issued by individuals in Istanbul, Turkey. "Three of the Ohio schools have been visited by the FBI as part of a multistate probe. The agency said it is part of a white-collar criminal investigation.
"Federal agents have not disclosed details, only that the investigation originated in Cleveland, has spread to Indiana and Illinois, and may or may not be connected to previous investigations at related schools in Baton Rouge, La., and Philadelphia.
Last school year, these Ohio charter schools, called Horizon and Noble Academies, received nearly $50 million in public funding transferred from local school districts where students otherwise would have attended.
"At $50 million, Concept is among the larger players in Ohio’s charter-school movement, totaling $914 million last year. For years, charter schools have come under fire for poor academic performance and questionable finances.
Charter School Problems in Ohio
"Ohio taxpayers provide jobs to Turkish immigrants through charter schools." The state has 19 Gulen charters. Some powerful state politicians have traveled to Turkey, and they return as supporters of Gulen charters. Gulen charters have innocuous names that do not reflect their ties to Turkey.
Akron Beacon Journal reporter Doug Livingston states: "Ohio taxpayers provide jobs to Turkish immigrants through charter schools." The state has 19 Gulen charters. Some powerful state politicians have traveled to Turkey, and they return as supporters of Gulen charters. Gulen charters have innocuous names that do not reflect their ties to Turkey. A chain of 19 publicly funded Ohio charter schools, founded by Turkish immigrants, is taking the position that the United States lacks a qualified pool of math and science teachers and is importing perhaps hundreds of Turks to fill the void.
"The schools are run almost exclusively by persons of Turkish heritage, some of whom are not U.S. citizens — a new twist in Ohio’s controversial charter-school movement.
"Among those touring Turkey has been State Rep. Cliff Rosenberger, a Clarksville Republican on the powerful finance and appropriations committee and considered to be a leading candidate for House speaker next year. He was joined on the trip by at least four other state legislators and local government leaders from his area in southwest Ohio.
"However, as early as 2002, state audits found thousands of public dollars “illegally expended” to finance the U.S. citizenship process for Turkish employees — some fresh out of college with no classroom experience and broken English. Help with legal and immigration fees also extended to their children and families, including the spouses of directors.
"The auditor also cited suspect wire transfers, totaling $36,000, and checks made out to “cash” to repay personal loans issued by individuals in Istanbul, Turkey. "Three of the Ohio schools have been visited by the FBI as part of a multistate probe. The agency said it is part of a white-collar criminal investigation.
"Federal agents have not disclosed details, only that the investigation originated in Cleveland, has spread to Indiana and Illinois, and may or may not be connected to previous investigations at related schools in Baton Rouge, La., and Philadelphia.
Last school year, these Ohio charter schools, called Horizon and Noble Academies, received nearly $50 million in public funding transferred from local school districts where students otherwise would have attended.
"At $50 million, Concept is among the larger players in Ohio’s charter-school movement, totaling $914 million last year. For years, charter schools have come under fire for poor academic performance and questionable finances.
Charter School Problems in Ohio
IMPORTANT VOTES WHILE KASICH WAS IN THE US HOUSE
THINGS TO KNOW:
1. Before Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) announced his bid for the 2016 presidential race, there was only one supporter of Common Core standards among more than a dozen candidates in the GOP field — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush’s enthusiasm for Common Core standards has been tempered at best as he struggles to find the right tone to speak on a subject that is popular to admonish among far-right conservatives, who argue they represent a “federal takeover” of education. (Ohio has now joined in hiring AIR without background or insight.)
It appears Ohio is going by the way of Florida, adding and subtracting from the Common Core Standards so that they can say they are of higher quality and specific to Ohio which is true but they are still using the Common Core Standards and curriculums available.
2. In April 2015, Kasich supporters formed a "527" committee - a group that will report its spending to the IRS but not to the FEC. (I have always thought these secret political donation Pac's and funds were dangerous to the people asking the questions what and where are they receiving these donations that they NEED to be kept secret from the VOTERS?
3. Among the funders of the pro-John Kasich nonprofit Restoring Ohio? Health insurer Aetna, which gave $25,000.
4. Allies of John Kasich once used a “social welfare” nonprofit to help oust political foes serving on the Ohio Republican Party’s 66-member central committee.
5. John Kasich has run for president before. In 2000, his failed campaign raised about $3.25 million.
6. Now in his second term as governor, John Kasich’s campaign raised nearly $40 million during the past six years.
7. About $1 of every $6 John Kasich raised for his congressional campaigns during the 1990s came from finance, insurance and real estate interests having raised $1,417,359 in that sector alone.
8. Using Matthew 25 as the basis for his decision, in 2013, Kasich decided to accept the Medicaid expansion money offered under Obamacare — heretical to most conservatives.
9. Served in the US House of Representative from 1983-2001.
10. After leaving Congress he worked as an investment banker as managing director at Lehman Bros. Columbua, Ohio until their collapse in 2008. Lehman Brothers paid Kasich a $182,692 salary and $432,200 bonus in 2008. K
11. He also hosted a TV show. "From the Heartland with John Kasich" which premiered on Fox News in 2001, airing on Saturday evenings and broadcast from Columbus, Ohio, until 2007.
12. Known as a solid Republican, but he's always had his own views. He's a biological Democrat".
13. Kasich was an opponent of the Evidence Based Model Program of his predecessor, Governor Ted Strickland. During his tenure, he has pushed to tie teacher pay to performance (Part of Common Core) and for state aid to follow students if they attend charter or private schools.
Many Americans were taken back during the first debate at the audience’s appreciation of Kasich’s stand on homosexual marriage. It would seem the American electorate has decided that whatever the Bible says is outdated. Of course the audience is chosen, so I shouldn't be at all surprised...and that was Democrat controlled Cleveland folks in Kasich's state.
