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…have it all figured out. On their March 15 cover, over a blackboard with the repeating phrase “We must fire bad teachers.”, we’re promised “The Key to Saving American Education,” courtesy of Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert. An accompanying story, ” Schoolyard Brawl: A leading reformer and a union head square off over teacher tenure” [...] Juan Williams, a mild-mannered, slow-to-anger guy, gets angry about the hypocrisy of Obama and Duncan and Congress regarding the D.C. voucher program: This reckless dismantling of the D.C. voucher program does not bode well for arguments to come about standards in the effort to reauthorize No Child Left Behind. It does not speak well of [...] The AP tells us that the White House reaches out to DC’s troubled schools Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the White House is reaching out to support the efforts of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and schools superintendent Michelle Rhee, who are taking aggressive steps to turn around Washington’s struggling schools. “For far too long, D.C. [...] I know you’re going to be shocked — shocked! — but you’ll hear it soon enough, so we might as well get it over with. Some people are talking about closing schools. Yes, I know that school consolidation “is not about closing schools.” Yes, we know that there are protections against immediate school closings. Nevertheless, [...] |
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