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Master of Myth: What Arne Duncan Says and Does
Master of Myth: What Arne Duncan Says and Does The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. —John F. Kennedy U.S. Secretary of Education has been called the most powerful education secretary in history. With billions of dollars [...]
Continue reading...Ed Reformers: Champions of the Wrong Theory of Learning
Thursday, August 26, 2010
In alphabetical order: Mike Bloomberg, mayor of New York City. Eli Broad, financier and philanthropist. Jeb Bush, ex-Florida governor and possible 2012 presidential contender. Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. Bill Gates, business magnate and philanthropist. Joel Klein, chancellor of New York City schools. In education issues, mainstream media sometimes call these gentlemen, “The New [...]
Continue reading...Duncan, Sharpton, and Gingrich on Meet the Press
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Rev Al Sharpton, and former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich discuss learning, accountability, Race to the Top, and their bipartisan effort to affect change in our education system. (I first saw this clip on The Efficacy Institute’s website.)
Continue reading...IG Cheney to Head All US Colleges of Education
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Following his speeches (here and here) on the disappointing performance of our nation’s colleges of education, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the appointment of Inquisitor General of Education Dick Cheney as Supreme Master of All Required Teaching, Instruction, and Evaluation (SMARTIE), effective immediately. As the nation’s SMARTIE, Cheney will oversee and direct all programs [...]
Continue reading...Curiosity: The Curricular Cindarella
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Curiously, curiosity is no-where to be found in reform measures being debated today. Rather, curiosity is left to scrub the proverbial floors of our education institutions. It’s the forgotten and malnourished stepdaughter of NCLB and mistreated stepsister of Race to the Top. Click on some of the speeches by President Obama and Secretary Duncan and [...]
Continue reading...Dick Cheney: The New Inquisitor General of Education (parody)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Yesterday Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education, named former Vice President Dick Cheney, Inquisitor General of Education. In his new post, Cheney will head the Battling Remissness by Utilizing Tyranny in Education (or BRUTE) task force. Their mission: Saving America from poor test scores. “This is a great opportunity for our children, and our schools, [...]
Continue reading...Learning Curve
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about a couple of questions Roland Barth asked during an institute (Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership) I attended last summer at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “When was your learning curve off the chart? and What were the principal elements of that experience that made it so?” [...]
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