Respect? What exactly does the DOE consider bold and transformative in education? Do they respect our opinions? « Continuing Change

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Respect? What exactly does the DOE consider bold and transformative in education? Do they respect our opinions?

by gatorbonbc

Respect? What exactly does the DOE consider bold and transformative in education? Do they respect our opinions?

From the Department of Education blog:

“To bring this vision to fruition, the President proposed a new $5 billion grant program to support states and districts that commit to pursuing bold reforms at every stage of the teaching profession.” (http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/02/launching-project-respect/)

That all sounds fine and dandy.

But, the four key elements are a little vague. What worries me, personally, is what they call bold?