Monday, November 14, 2011

This Week In Education: Video: Local Union President Mocks Duncan's Lisp

This Week In Education: Video: Local Union President Mocks Duncan's Lisp:

Video: Local Union President Mocks Duncan's Lisp

It's been an ugly time in Chicago for the past few months, including verbal insults hurled between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTU president Karen Lewis and a new University of Chicago report showing that much of the progress touted over the past 20 years was a mirage. Add to the pile this speech from union president Lewis, who rails against how she's been treated in the media and mocks Arne Duncan's constant invocation of school reform as a civil rights issue -- and his lisp.

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She apologizes almost immediately. Does Duncan have a speech impediment? It's a question I've asked his


AM News: Waiver Costs Emerge As State Concern

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GOP hopefuls would limit federal role in education AP (Boston Globe): When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance: Get the federal government out of schools. How they'd do that varies.

NCLB waiver could cost $2 billion report says L.A. Times California officials say meeting the federal law's requirements would be expensive and imply the