Christie and National Expert Duel Over School ReformGov. Christie and Stanford University's Hammond-Darling present sharply divergent visions of education
One of the closing speakers at the Iowa Education Summit yesterday afternoon was far better known in New Jersey: education reform firebrand Gov. Chris Christie.
The other is arguably the best-known academic expert on teacher quality in the country: Linda Darling-Hammond of Stanford University.
Speaking to the same audience and on much the same topics, Christie and Darling-Hammond explored better teachers and public schools.
And they couldn’t have given more different speeches.
The Des Moines event was a well-timed conference on national education reform, hosted by Iowa’s
