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Monday, February 14, 2011

School Tech Connect: Carrots for the Rich, Sticks for the Poor

School Tech Connect: Carrots for the Rich, Sticks for the Poor

Carrots for the Rich, Sticks for the Poor

Anthony Cody has written a nice piece about the Blueprint. I've always thought Judy Chu's completely sane Strenghening Our Schools SIG proposal could just be added onto Duncan's "punish the bottom 5%" turnaround option list as the fifth option, along with strong language that the choice should be community-based. That way, the hawkish fire-and-disperse crowd could still have their four arbitrary, proven-not-to-work options and the people who believe in democratic education could have one option.

Here was Judy's plan-- I embed it every few