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DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« on: March 31, 2017, 04:02:03 PM »
DC is now requiring college degrees for all those barely above minimum wage jobs wrangling three year olds.

http://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/03/31/most-insane-law-youll-need-a-college-degree-to-wipe-a-babys-butt-in-d-c-but-not-to-be-president/
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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2017, 04:16:44 PM »
Sadly, this is unsurprising. To the left, more regulation is always the answer. (My goldfish died! -MORE REGULATIONS! I can't find my car keys -MORE REGULATIONS!)

Honestly, elementary and junior high school teaching positions shouldn't require a college degree, but most get their master's or higher...

I haven't run the numbers, but I'm betting that the cost of a K-12 education tracks almost perfectly with the amount of education/training that most teachers have while the student achievement is like not correlated with the education/training of said teachers.
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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2017, 04:17:37 PM »
Ooooo...also, can someone please start calling the lawmakers racist for the clear disparate impact of this law?
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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2017, 05:37:20 PM »
Wonder why parents aren't required to have degrees in child care?
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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2017, 06:40:35 PM »
Wonder why parents aren't required to have degrees in child care?

Don't give them any ideas.
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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2017, 06:57:03 PM »
I was shocked about needing a college degree to become a bus driver about 30 years ago.  Finally located my diploma, and they wouldn't accept it at first because it was in Latin.  Jumped through a bunch of hoops for them to OK it as legit.

Pissed me off that when they returned it, the frame glass was broken.

I always felt that was discriminatory.  The fact that a degree was required, not that they broke the glass.

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Re: DC Requires College Degrees for Child Care
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2017, 11:43:28 AM »
Ooooo...also, can someone please start calling the lawmakers racist for the clear disparate impact of this law?

OK...