Posts Tagged ‘Arne Duncan’
Federal government now must “save” local education
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is asking Congress to put politics and ideology aside – for the good of the children – and come up with $23 billion to save education in America. What did you really expect would happen? The $100 billion in stimulus funding was just the tip of the iceberg.
Read MoreObama’s education secretary Duncan may have manipulated student enrollment in Chicago
Arne Duncan – when heading the Chicago public school system – may have placed students in the school of their parents choice after taking calls from powerful business owners and political elites, including congressmen and senators. This special “appeal” process was unknown to the general public.
Read MoreDepartment of Education school choice study supressed
Charter schools are working, vouchers are working, but teacher unions and the National Education Association helped President Obama get into the Executive Branch, so funding for programs that work is being diverted to programs – public schools – that don’t work. Hat top to Malkin for reminding me about this Wall Street Journal piece from…
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