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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Supersecretary!
by Frederick M. Hess • Jul 30, 2010 at 9:28 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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Every time our earnest Secretary of Education speaks of late, he seems to unearth new things that Washington can and should do to schools. Earlier this month, he promised the NAACP that the administration would see that NCLB reauthorization required turnaround schools to obtain parent and community input as well as lead an "honest, open discussion." Of course, Duncan is ardently pushing "state-led" national standards and watching his Department of Education flag 19 (!) states as impressive enough to merit being Race to the Top finalists. Earlier in the year he promised Congress a billion dollar bonus if they reauthorized NCLB this year (though this one kind of ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution).
Yesterday, Duncan told the National Urban League, "We will ensure that all schools--public, private and charter-
