[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Education Minnesota at Work

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Education Minnesota at Work
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1221282088.shtml


   I really need to visit [1]The Brad Carlson Blog more often, so I've
   added it to my blog roll.
   He has posted [2]pictures of laminated placards for the Obama and
   Franken campaigns, produced by Education Minnesota for its local
   stewards to distribute via their school mail slots. (Is this legal,
   campaigning on government property, on government time?)
   Both promise to "reform" (meaning eviscerate) No Child Left Behind,
   and "fully fund" what's left. They also agree on something else.
     * Obama: "Use multiple measures, not just tests, to show student
       progress."
     * Franken: "Give schools and educators more flexibility in measuring
       student achievement."

   This is code language for more social promotion, dumbing down, and/or
   grade inflation, all variants of the soft bigotry of low expectations.
   In other words, they promise to spend still more to get predictably
   negative results. And we'll have an even harder time proving it.

References

   1. http://bradley1969.blogspot.com/
   2. http://bradley1969.blogspot.com/2008/09/teachers-union-dues-funding-democrats.html