Contrary to what President Obama now believes, Petrilli pointed out that the administration did not ask states for their best ideas; instead it "published a list of 19 of its best ideas, few of which are truly 'evidence-based,' regardless of what President Obama says, and told states to adopt as many of them as possible if they want to get the money. It's as if a bunch of the do-gooders sat together at the NewSchools Venture Fund summit and brainstormed a list of popular reform ideas, and are now going to force them on the states. (Wait, I think this is how this list got developed.)"
For the uninitiated, the NewSchools Venture Fund is an organization funded by the big foundations, devoted to the proliferation of charter schools. As if to make official the tight link between that organization and the administration's signature program, Secretary Duncan tapped the chief operating officer of the NewSchools Venture Fund to run Race to the Top.
Obama's a tool as much as the far right is a tool and for the same interests.
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