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YIKES!
Looks like Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is meeting with some resistance to his plan to CLOSE all the failing schools, fire all the staff, rehire NEW people, then re-open the schools.
I wonder why? Hmmm!
Could this be another case of “throwing out the baby with the bath water?”
Maybe ANOTHER big waste of education dollars?
Duncan told the New York Times:
. . . he had already discussed his plans with the presidents of the two national teachers unions, saying, “I’ve told them we all have to play by a different set of rules and figure out how we’re going to take this on together.”
It is important to keep in mind Arne Duncan doesn’t have the authority to close the schools, so he has to convince local school authorities to do it. How can he possibly convince those local districts to take actions that are not only short-sighted, but will anger everybody involved in those schools?
Could Arne Duncan have a Big Stick (AKA Federal funds) to force compliance? Hmmm . . .
What do you think?
Brennan
