Jersey Jazzman: Weasels In the Department of Education

Jersey Jazzman: Weasels In the Department of Education:

Weasels In the Department of Education

by Duke

Weasel words are flying out of the Obama/Duncan Department of Education tonight. Here's the story:

First, Diane Ravitch tweeted the most important question right now in the education world:

Who will transform education: entrepreneurs or educators? goo.gl/srER4

Which links to the piece by Nancy Flanagan which, again, asks this most important question in our current education debate:

So--Sara Mead is again highlighting 17 "up and coming" edu-preneurs who will "lead the transformation of education in this country in the coming generation," in her Policy Notebook blog. Mead says she:

...built this list by asking for recommendations from people I respect in the education field, including my Bellwether education colleagues, leaders of education reform and policy organizations, writers and analysts, and, most importantly, last year's list of Next Generation Leaders.

Her list includes many "founders" and "executives" of charter schools, non-profits created to demean collective bargaining and teachers' control over their own profession, rising