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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

I Doubt Hillary Clinton Plans to Close Half of All Public Schools – But She Does Want to Close Some | gadflyonthewallblog

I Doubt Hillary Clinton Plans to Close Half of All Public Schools – But She Does Want to Close Some | gadflyonthewallblog:

I Doubt Hillary Clinton Plans to Close Half of All Public Schools – But She Does Want to Close Some


“This school district, and these schools throughout Iowa, are doing a better than average job. Now, I wouldn’t keep any school open that wasn’t doing a better than average job. If a school’s not doing a good job, then, you know, that may not be good for the kids.”
-Hillary Clinton
The above comments have caused a tremendous stir in the media lately.
Hillary Clinton wants to close half of all public schools!? She wants to shutter all public houses of learning that are average or below average!?
The Federalist even did some quick math and decided this means Clinton would shutter 50,000 schools. They even put that number in the headline of their article!
But hold your horses, media backlash.
I’m not really a Hillary supporter, but this has gotten a little out of hand.
Maybe I’m being too generous here, but I’m going to assume that Clinton may be a lot of things, but stupid isn’t one of them.
She made a gaffe. She said something that doesn’t make much sense mathematically. Close all schools below average? Average means 50%. That’s half of all schools.
It was a blunder, a mistake, a foot-in-the-mouth moment.
I can believe a lot about Clinton, but not that her education policy includes shuttering half of our nation’s schools.
However, don’t take my word for it. Seriously! Ask her. She should clarify what she I Doubt Hillary Clinton Plans to Close Half of All Public Schools – But She Does Want to Close Some | gadflyonthewallblog: