The Education Wars

Gerald Bracey, who writes a lot about education issues but not teacher abuse, rips apart Arne.

What do you expect from a bureaucrat who has never been a teacher? From Wikipedia:

Duncan has extensive experience in educational policy and management, but has not been a teacher. In 1992, Duncan became director of the Ariel Education Initiative, a program to enhance educational opportunities for children on Chicago's South Side that was started by John W. Rogers, Jr., and in 1998 he joined the Chicago Public Schools. He became Deputy Chief of Staff for former Schools CEO Paul Vallas in 1999. In 1996, along with Rogers, he was part of a network that funded and supported Ariel Community Academy.

Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Duncan to serve as CEO of Chicago Public Schools on June 26, 2001.

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Speaking of the unspeakable Arne, he is gallivanting around the country pushing for national standardized tests, an idea that create even MORE corruption in public education than there already is.
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This editorial says to give Heath a chance as the new WCSD superintendent.

Ten cents he will be a toady like all of the rest of them, and then move on to bigger and better districts like Philadelphia or NYC.
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