The Tall Tale of Mr. Me
This article is long but certainly worth reading
I think it shows what really goes on in the heads of our
"Educational Experts"
I have included my comments at the end.
I have included my comments at the end.
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This article originally appeared on The American Prospect.
Former school chancellor Joel Klein's dishonest new book reflects the corruption endemic in our school system
By Richard Rothstein, The American Prospect
This is a story about a story, of how a fiction about impoverished children and public schools corrupts our education policy.
The fiction is the autobiography of Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Appointed in 2002 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Klein transformed the city’s public-school system by promoting privately managed charter schools to replace regular public schools, by increasing the consequences for principals and teachers of standardized tests, and by attacking union-sponsored due