Dear President Obama:
Dear President Obama:
I know you are a busy man, so I'll get straight to the point:
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim that you don't want our schools "teaching to the test," then implement a policy that drives states to base teacher evaluations on their students' test scores while encouraging tests for students as young as five-years-old.
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim that a teacher can change a child's life, then give federal funds to a program that gives first-year teachers a mere five weeks of training before putting them in the most difficult teaching assignments.
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim "choice" will help all students, then promote charter schools which often serve only the students who are the easiest and cheapest to educate.
You are a good man and have been, on many issues, a fine president. You inherited more challenges than any
I know you are a busy man, so I'll get straight to the point:
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim that you don't want our schools "teaching to the test," then implement a policy that drives states to base teacher evaluations on their students' test scores while encouraging tests for students as young as five-years-old.
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim that a teacher can change a child's life, then give federal funds to a program that gives first-year teachers a mere five weeks of training before putting them in the most difficult teaching assignments.
It is intellectually inconsistent to claim "choice" will help all students, then promote charter schools which often serve only the students who are the easiest and cheapest to educate.
You are a good man and have been, on many issues, a fine president. You inherited more challenges than any