The Quiet Revolution
The reason the revolution is quiet is because, at least in the district Duncan actually ran, it was based on ahouse of cards. There's just something about the post of Secretary of Education that attracts snake oil. I think it's fine to have controversial programs and policies, but it's another thing to just let the narrative roll along like it's true. I hope someone at the National Press Club actually asks a couple follow-up questions today.
Huge groups of knowledgeable people are opposed to the Race to the Top as well as to the School Improvement Grant system in ESEA and the role of high-stakes testing in education, to say nothing of the increase