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Schools Matter: Another high-level administrator without classroom experience

Schools Matter: Another high-level administrator without classroom experience

Another high-level administrator without classroom experience

Another high-level administrator without classroom experience

Sent to the NY Daily News, April 9, 2011

Andrew Wolf points out that "Dennis Walcott is more of the same: Bloomberg's new chancellor once again lacks classroom experience," (April 8).

Here is another obvious case: US Education Secretary Arne Duncan has never taught and has no actual credentials in education. He has no background in education other than administration.

His uniformed view that increased testing is the answer to improving