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December 30, 2008

WaPo Pimps New Education Secretary -- Ignores The Record Of District He Ran

Could you imagine the howls of outrage if George W, Bush appointed as Secretary of Education a school administrator from a district where 83% of eight graders tested below grade level in reading and less than half of all entering freshmen graduate from high school? We'd hear words like "incompetence", "failure", and "the destruction of public education".

But when Obama makes precisely such an appointment, we are told that the new Cabinet member is an "innovator" and "reformer" who will continue "experimentation on a national scale".

City schools chief executive Arne Duncan, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for education secretary, pushed that performance-pay plan and a host of other innovations to transform a school system once regarded as one of the country's worst. As Duncan heads to Washington, the lessons of Chicago could provide a model for fixing America's schools.

"Obama chose Arne Duncan for a reason, and part of that reason is the experimentation that Duncan has done in Chicago and his real attention to data and outcomes," said Elliot Weinbaum, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. "Duncan's willing to try new things and see if they work, hopefully keep the ones that do and drop the ones that don't. I expect that experimentation to continue on a national scale."

Now I will give Duncan some credit -- he has introduced some meaningful reforms into a district that has been troubled for decades by corruption, incompetence, and union intransigence. But the reality is that, by virtually every measure, the district remains a failure in terms of its primary mission -- educating every student to his or her fullest potential, and preparing them to function as productive citizens.

As a teacher, I am NOT reassured by this appointment -- and I am shocked by the whitewashing that the press are giving Duncan and his record.





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|| Posted by apabaluaste, April 7, 2009 01:17 PM ||

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|| Posted by idodencig, May 6, 2009 03:01 PM ||

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|| Posted by idodencig, June 7, 2009 07:23 AM ||

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|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 8, 2009 12:24 AM ||

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|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 10, 2009 01:46 PM ||

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|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 17, 2009 06:21 AM ||

Дизайн у Вас интересный, я вот тоже для блога искал - стала прикручивать, а все посты куда то делись. Эээх... буду писать заново

|| Posted by Dorrietdose, June 17, 2009 03:06 PM ||

Спасибо, много полезного почерпнул.

|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 18, 2009 08:39 AM ||

Спасибо вам за ту инфу, что вы размещаете в блоге!

|| Posted by idodencig, June 23, 2009 03:13 AM ||

Да написано неплохо, неужели так бывает. Как интересно, только вчера эту тему перетирала с подругой сидя на кухне с рюмочкой коньяка.

|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 23, 2009 07:48 AM ||

Господа, мне кажется, что Вы немного отвлеклись от темы.

|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 23, 2009 09:26 PM ||

Оригинальная идея. Только вот интересно сколько времени на это потрачено?

|| Posted by apabaluaste, June 24, 2009 02:56 AM ||

А как на вашу рсс-ленту подписаться? что то не пойму

|| Posted by leseerisitwog, July 4, 2009 04:28 AM ||

Как говорится, Nemo omnia potest scire

|| Posted by apabaluaste, July 18, 2009 10:32 AM ||

Статья очень понравилась! Этакий короткий микс практических знаний. Хоть и “зажгли лампу среди белого дня”:)

|| Posted by Руслан, October 19, 2009 01:00 PM ||

Вопрос к автору , а вот у вас время у каждой статьи и в комментах пишется... Это какое? Московское? Заранее благодарю за ответ.

|| Posted by Legioner, October 24, 2009 02:30 PM ||
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Как говорится, Nemo omnia potest scire

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А как на вашу рсс-ленту подписаться? что то не пойму

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Оригинальная идея. Только вот интересно сколько времени на это потрачено?

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Господа, мне кажется, что Вы немного отвлеклись от темы.

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Да написано неплохо, неужели так бывает. Как интересно, только вчера эту тему перетирала с подруг Read more in WaPo Pimps New Education Secretary -- Ignores The Record Of District He Ran
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Спасибо вам за ту инфу, что вы размещаете в блоге!

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Спасибо, много полезного почерпнул.

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