Fool Congress Once — But Can Arne Fool It Twice?
For this post, you need to click the links in order to understand and then actually believe the story below. The researchers in the links, whether they are a peer-reviewed professor, Diane Ravitch, or a 60 Minutes crew, are far more credible than I, a retired principal, can be.
The last decade of school reform in America has been based on a lie — a well-known sham, often referred to asthe Texas miracle. Not just a little ole lie, but a deliberate fabrication and a cover-up. (Read Diane Ravitch’sexplanation.)
In the 1990′s, Houston Superintendent of Schools, Rod Paige, made principals and administrators accountable for the drop-out rate and for test scores. When those two criteria did not improve at a particular school, Paige
