tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post8069936554613766274..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Obama's speechMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-65392416443130758162009-02-26T23:08:00.000-06:002009-02-26T23:08:00.000-06:00Hey Dr. Dana, up your game. An ad hominem on Ravit...Hey Dr. Dana, up your game. <BR/><BR/>An ad hominem on Ravitch isn't persuasive. The critiques she's been articulating recently on Bridging Differences (and with which Deborah Meier seems to largely agree) don't sound like BR talking points at all.<BR/><BR/>Accountability in the time of Bush I, furthermore, can't be equated with accountability under Bush II and NCLB. If I read Ravitch's recent thoughts on this front correctly, she's pretty aghast at the shape of accountability today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-9540745364846672982009-02-26T17:15:00.000-06:002009-02-26T17:15:00.000-06:00Hey Clay. Wake up. It's Ravitch who appears regula...Hey Clay. Wake up. It's Ravitch who appears regularly at the Business Round Table, not Duncan. She's also a fellow at Hoover, and AEI and was the accountability chief during Bush I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-31771303532436238072009-02-26T16:09:00.000-06:002009-02-26T16:09:00.000-06:00I find it harder to dismiss Ravitch's concerns, wi...I find it harder to dismiss Ravitch's concerns, with this caveat: I fear that <I>Duncan</I>, not Obama, is Business Roundtable all the way.<BR/><BR/>And I fear Obama is too preoccupied with, um, saving the economy and the Arctic to give much thought to education, and leaving it in Duncan's hands.<BR/><BR/>And all I hear from Duncan is: KIPP, TFA, value-added data for teacher evaluations. <BR/><BR/>If Duncan isn't Spellings in high heels, will you Bill Gates in Nike Airs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-79344954584123781742009-02-25T12:50:00.000-06:002009-02-25T12:50:00.000-06:00Does Spellings really wear high heels? I never not...Does Spellings really wear high heels? I never noticed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-1052586541336313262009-02-25T12:48:00.000-06:002009-02-25T12:48:00.000-06:00Has the left become so narrow and isolated and so ...Has the left become so narrow and isolated and so ideologically motivated (like the neocon right) that they can confuse Obama's views with those of Bush? I'm afraid it's not just Ravitch. I doubt that anyone who is a member of a teachers union or the parent of a special-needs kid, would confuse the two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-69242193823048252872009-02-25T12:32:00.000-06:002009-02-25T12:32:00.000-06:00Good points. Ravitch's personal attacks on Duncan ...Good points. Ravitch's personal attacks on Duncan ("Spellings without high heels," "Spellings in drag") were offensive. And her repeated attacks on Obama, equating his policies with those of Bush, are even more offensive. I do agree with you points about the weaknesses in Obama's speech last night. On charters, I like the way Rethinking Schools puts it in their book, "Keeping the Promise" http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/promise/promise.shtml:<BR/><BR/>"The question facing the charter school movement is whether it will fulfill its founding promise of a reform that empowers the powerless, or whether it will become a vehicle to further enrich the powerful and stratify our schools."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-48471101649097454502009-02-25T10:52:00.000-06:002009-02-25T10:52:00.000-06:00"Just a speech?" That's like saying Michael Jordan..."Just a speech?" That's like saying Michael Jordan "just played basketball."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com