According to The 41st Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, 75% of parents gave their local school an A or a B. But when it came to the nation’s schools as a whole, less than 20% gave a similar high grade.
Why is there such a difference in [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Arne Duncan’
August 28, 2009
Education Hell: Rhetoric vs. Reality
July 3, 2009
The Arne Duncan reform train: when ‘all’ really means ‘some’
The Secretary of Education calls on teachers and their unions to reform their ways. He asks others to commit to education only superficially.
by Christopher Paslay
In recent weeks, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has outlined his plans for reforming America’s public schools in a series of high profile speeches.
Although many of the proposals contained [...]
March 16, 2009
Inquirer editorial bashes Philadelphia public school teachers
by Christopher Paslay
Leave it to newspapers and politicians to oversimplify the problem with public education in America. The root causes of failing schools are much more complex than bad teachers and a lack of charters, as the Inquirer states in their recent editorial.
For starters, cell phones are destroying attention spans and producing a generation of [...]
December 17, 2008
10 Facts About Obama’s New Education Secretary
The word is out: President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education. But who is this man?
Here are 10 Facts About Arne Duncan:
1. He’s been CEO of Chicago’s public schools since 2001.
2. He was appointed deputy chief of Chicago schools by Paul Vallas in 1998.
3. He [...]
