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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm still thinks there's a "miracle" down in Texas

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm still thinks there's a "miracle" down in Texas

Rahm still thinks there's a "miracle" down in Texas

"The data shows that the longer you stay in the classroom learning, you'll learn more..." -- Rahm Emanuel
While you mull that one over, I want to know who the genius was that told Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuelthat Houston schools were really great? It must have been one of the billionaire experts on the corporate-reform education team. David Vitale? Penny Pritzger? Or maybe Emanuel ran into former ed secretary Rod Paigeback in D.C., who told him there was a "Texas Miracle." That b.s. story actually propelled former Texas GovernorGeorge Bush into the White House in 2000 along with former Houston superintendent Paige as his ed