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Friday, April 13, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm, the artless dodger:


Rahm, the artless dodger

Rahm retreats "this much."
“Now that the mayor is starting to listen to parents, teachers and research regarding the pitfalls of the longer school day program being pushed in school districts across the country, it is now time he used both ears to hear everything we are saying about the types of schools our children deserve.”  It is not the length of time but the quality of time that truly matters here.” -- CTU President Karen Lewis

Here's how the mayor works politics. First he throws out some education catch phrase that might grab the attention of unwitting voters in the short run --- like a longer school day. I suppose the logic is that if schools are "failing" more seat time will produce better outcomes. Of course, there's no