To drop out you have to first drop in
“I get so tired of reading about the “decline’ and ‘failure’ of American education. It is not true….” (Thanks Diane R and Kathy DuPois) And it’s been going on forever. Read Richard Rothstein’s classic: “The Way Things Were.’ Then weep or laugh. I think Al Shanker’s excuse was probably part of the misguided “game”. He thought that getting attention paid to the sorry state of our educational system was bound to be a good idea, regardless, he explained to me. The more attention–and thus more money– the better. Even, alas, if based on lies.
He was right that our school system has never been very good (although “compared to”?) I hope that Al would agree that he was wrong, had he lived to see where the consensus he helped create has led us. Fact-checkers
He was right that our school system has never been very good (although “compared to”?) I hope that Al would agree that he was wrong, had he lived to see where the consensus he helped create has led us. Fact-checkers
