How Do You Solve a Problem Like Obama?
It's no surprise to regular readers that Barack Obama has squandered any good will he had with those of us who are fighting back against corporate education reform. But with the election less than three months away, what are we going to do about it?
We need to start with this: there's just absolutely no way that Mitt Romney should be allowed access to the White House. Paul Ryan's insane lies are more than enough on their own to disqualify the Republican ticket. But that doesn't mean Obama is doing the right thing on education; to the contrary, his campaign appears to be trying to cover its tracks from the last four years. As one of my commenters, NYC Educator, put it:
Another Blow For Vouchers
We need to start with this: there's just absolutely no way that Mitt Romney should be allowed access to the White House. Paul Ryan's insane lies are more than enough on their own to disqualify the Republican ticket. But that doesn't mean Obama is doing the right thing on education; to the contrary, his campaign appears to be trying to cover its tracks from the last four years. As one of my commenters, NYC Educator, put it:
Another Blow For Vouchers
Ruh-roh (via Diane Ravitch):
The latest evaluation of the Florida voucher program showed that students in voucher schools made academic gains similar to their peers in public schools.From the report:
Test score gains for program participants are virtually identical to those of income- eligible non-participants remaining in Florida public schools. Participating students gained slightly relative to comparable public school students in 2010-11, though this difference is not statistically significant. It is important to recall that the participating students differ from the income-eligible public school students in important ways – their incomes are substantially lower and their previous test performance in public school tended to be substantially lower. These differences make direct comparison of gain scores more problematic. Because families can choose whether to participate in the program, it is inappropriate to
