Bloomberg gets my Stuffing-the-Bird Award

This year's winner

Speaking on podium with Arne Duncan, Mayor Bloomberg says his strategy for winning federal RTTT funds is firing teachers.

Duncan responds:

“If folks are just making changes to chase the money, that’s the wrong thing to do,” Duncan said today. “The money will last for two, three or four years. We want the kinds of changes that will last for two, three or four decades.” (Bloomberg)