Sunday, December 5, 2010

Queens Teacher: New Congresspeople Indoctrinated

Queens Teacher: New Congresspeople Indoctrinated

New Congresspeople Indoctrinated

Rita Solnet

The meeting I attended today was for newly elected Congressmen
run by the JFK School of Government at Harvard. There were approx
22 newly elected Congressmen (4 women). The conference room was
small--there was approximately 15 members in the ...audience, primarily
Harvard Fellows, Harvard faculty, 3 members from the British Parliament(observing!- aye!), a retired Senator and a Senator.

Panelists included in order of their speeches:

1) Harvard Dean of Education, Kathleen McCartney
2) Margaret Spellings, former Secretary of Education, Harvard IOP Fellow
3) Michelle Rhee, former DC Chancellor, Education Consultant
4) Pedro Noguera, NYU Professor of Education

The audience was told in the beginning of the meeting that Secretary Duncan may be attending. Later the