Sunday, November 1, 2009

South Bend Tribune: Bennett's choice: Kids over politics


South Bend Tribune: Bennett's choice: Kids over politics:

"Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett is sowing confusion. What he sows is not what he hopes to reap.

Confusion?

Bennett, a Republican, praises the education policies of President Obama and hails Obama's secretary of education, Arne Duncan, as 'the right guy at the right place at the right time.'"

For Pete's sake, or at least for Rush's sake, why isn't a Hoosier Republican education official denouncing all that's Obama, especially on education? Gosh, even Obama's plea for kids to study hard and stay in school was denounced by vocal critics as a sneaky way to promote socialism.

Confusion?

Democrats in the state legislature and their allies in teacher organizations want to write off Bennett as a Bush Leaguer, a George W. Bush Leaguer, as he seeks to shake up the education establishment.And then he cites how Obama and Duncan want to shake up education, too, in similar ways, with similar goals for improvement.

Confusion?