Racing to the Bottom: The New School Leadership Challenge
As the assault on public education continues, school leaders face an unprecedented challenge-- how to win the race to the bottom without being too obvious about it.Occasionally, somebody notices that a district is becoming too successful in trashing its own mission. Just this week in Indianapolis, members of the school board noticed that about 200 teachers-- almost 10% of the entire teaching staff
Mean What You Say
One of the surreal features of the reformster world is the degree to which words simply don't match actions. It's as if someone sold you a can of pop clearly labeled "cola" and when you opened it up, it was filled with furniture polish.Suppose somebody said, "This is the most important new program we've ever rolled out. It will revolutionize the industry."Imagine what would com
Racing to the Bottom: The New School Leadership Challenge
As the assault on public education continues, school leaders face an unprecedented challenge-- how to win the race to the bottom without being too obvious about it.Occasionally, somebody notices that a district is becoming too successful in trashing its own mission. Just this week in Indianapolis, members of the school board noticed that about 200 teachers-- almost 10% of the entire teaching staff
Mean What You Say
One of the surreal features of the reformster world is the degree to which words simply don't match actions. It's as if someone sold you a can of pop clearly labeled "cola" and when you opened it up, it was filled with furniture polish.Suppose somebody said, "This is the most important new program we've ever rolled out. It will revolutionize the industry."Imagine what would com
7-23-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: My Doctoral ThesisI've been following the problems of Dr. Terrence Carter in Connecticut with some interest. It seems that the Dr., "hand picked by Arne Duncan" might not have an actual PhD. Not even a super-easy PhD, but a PhD he just bought. Faked the whole thing. And he's not remotely alone in this.How can somebody do that, I wondered. Seriously, how do you do that?Tur