Rahm wants Chicago to be first with Common Core Standards
Rahm Emanuel says that if elected Mayor, he will impose a new math and English language curriculum on Chicago’s public schools by the end of his first term. I'm not sure that Rahm even knows what the word "curriculum" means. It's obvious that he has some ofArne Duncan's guys feeding him bits and pieces of education jargon to toss around during the campaign and to his credit, he's been first out of the gate on ed issues leaving all the other candidates to respond to him. Hopefully this will change in the coming months.
Here's 10 thoughts I had after reading the NYT piece:
1. Rahm is blowing smoke. He needs a real educator atop the system to help schools develop curriculum. But I