“…let me be really honest. I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.” — Arne Duncan The absolute worst education President, and Secretary of Education in U.S. history. For Immediate Release: May 13, 2015Contact: Madison Donzis, madison@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 210.488.6220 New Report Exposes Holes in Louisiana’s Charter School Program and Millions […]
“Value-Added” for Teacher Preparation Programs? Your Comments Needed NOW on Proposed Regulation Changes
UPDATED February 2, 2015: We submitted the link to this post to the official regulations.gov site where it was recorded. At the time of sending, almost 3500 comments from teachers, faculty at GSEs (graduate schools of education), and others with an interest in the training of public school teachers had submitted comments. In our submission, […]
Why This "Suburban Mom" Thinks Arne Duncan's All Wrong
Cynthia Liu is the founder of K12NN. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said “white suburban moms” oppose Common Core State Standards because they’ll find out “their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they [sic] were.” SO. MUCH. FAIL. Where to […]