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Monday, October 10, 2011

Last Stand for Children First: If Education Reformers Ran the NFL

Last Stand for Children First: If Education Reformers Ran the NFL:

If Education Reformers Ran the NFL

Fran Tarkenton shown above sitting on his helmet in the final moments of a 32-14 Viking loss in the 1977 Super Bowl wrote an excellent article recently for the Wall Street Journal. Tarkenton who is most known for a very long career without a Super Bowl ring to show for it joined former professional basketball player Arne Duncan in taking teachers to task. It did make me think about how great the NFL would be if run by education reformers.

  • Due to the failures of college starts like Ryan Leaf and Brian Bosworth to become great play players, the