Education leaders don't have all the answers, apparently
By Valerie Strauss
Here’s what happened when I asked the governor of Maryland today whether he would want one of his children to be in a classroom with a teacher who had five weeks of training, as the Teach for Americaprogram gives before sending young people into America’s toughest schools:
Gov. Martin O'Malley didn’t directly answer the question.
This occurred when the newly reelected governor visited Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring along with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and National Education Association President Dennis Van