Heresy

On Feb. 5, blogger Marc Dean Millot, writing on Scholastic's (Russo's) TWIE blog, "apparently committed the equivalent of heresy by questioning the integrity of the Race to the Top," writes Anthony Cody at Edweek's Living in Dialogue.

In recent weeks, I have tried to be optimistic about statements Duncan and Obama have made that indicate their willingness to depart substantially from the test mania that has driven us for the past decade. However, this incident raises a host of questions that need to be explored much more deeply.