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Monday, April 5, 2010

Schools Matter: Changing RTTT Rules in the Middle of the Race

Schools Matter: Changing RTTT Rules in the Middle of the Race

Changing RTTT Rules in the Middle of the Race

At the beginning of the first leg of RTTT, there were forty state entrants. Some states had changed laws on charter schools and teacher evaluations and constant surveillance data systems in order to run with the elites. Entrants spent millions in staff time to put together race plans they thought would get them part of the booty piled at the finish line for all to see.

Well, the first heat is finished and there were only two qualifiers. Not only that, but now that the state laws have been altered to open the door to the school deformation that Gates and Broad demanded to be considered among the elites, the big pot of gold for the winners has