tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post6411358342747246679..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Behind the war on teachers in R.I.Mike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-73387353399893718742010-02-26T01:40:20.499-06:002010-02-26T01:40:20.499-06:00Bruce Baker offers some nice comments about the Ce...Bruce Baker offers some nice comments about the Central Falls situation on his blog, <a href="http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/some-statistical-context-for-central-falls/" rel="nofollow">SchoolFinance101</a><br /><br />Baker concludes, in part, with this: "The figures above suggest that Central Falls is doing as well with what it has as any other Rhode Island High School, after accounting for student needs."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-23651745547115920432010-02-25T22:18:03.588-06:002010-02-25T22:18:03.588-06:00As an employee of the US Department of Education, ...As an employee of the US Department of Education, I am deeply ashamed of Secretary Duncan's behavior. His participation in the public humiliation of the Central Falls teachers--and his applauding their imminent unemployment--is an outrage. Had Rod Paige or Margaret Spellings done something like this, there would have been loud and immediate demands from all quarters that they resign. Why is there such silence now?<br /><br />If this is Democratic education policy, I think I might be a Republican.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com