DGQs (Damn Good Questions)

Lying or "finessing" the truth?


Eduwonkette on N.Y. achievement gap:

You ask, "But Bloomberg and Klein say the achievement gap is closing. Are they lying?" It's not lying as much as it's finessing with the intention of providing a rosier picture of progress than is warranted.

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Ravitch asks Meier: "What gives...?"

A group called Democrats for Education Reform, run by wealthy hedge fund managers and other zillionaires, has the primary goal of creating more charter schools. So, what gives here? How did some of your ideas migrate to become the plaything of the super-rich?

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I'm asking John McCain a DGQ: You planning to visit the Iraq/Pakistan border???

I'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. And I would not announce that I'm going to attack Pakistan, as Senator Obama did.