Oy!
“….this emphasis on competition….is quite a good one….”
Founded the “Center For American Progress (which hires)….education reformers who then push for test and punish policies….”
We’re done here, folks. We see exactly where Hillary Clinton stands, and we will just get a continuation of the Arne Duncan et al educational-corporate “Testocracy” under her administration.
Not that any of the Republicans would be better. The Flying Spaghetti Monster only knows what horrors they might come up with (although I have a vision that they would want to dispense with public schools altogether, in favor of total privatization).
{{Sigh}}. 😦
Meet John Podesta.
He’s a Washington lobbyist working hard to support high stakes tests, Common Core and charter schools.
He’s also Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager.
That’s right – the 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate who has been endorsed by the leaders of the national teachers unions has a corporate education reformer running her campaign.
Here are a few choice quotes from a speech Podesta gave in 2012 to the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a corporate education reform think tank established by Jeb Bush.
On Competition in Education:
“I think this emphasis that President Obama and Secretary Duncan have placed on competition – not just Race to the Top but competition throughout the system of education – is quite a good one, and I think the federal resources can be used to both support the development of new models and can force state experimentation in a way that’s…
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