Comments on: Shine A Light On You! Is The Stimulus Even Warm Like the Evening Sun? http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/04/shine-a-light-on-you-is-the-stimulus-even-warm-like-the-evening-sun.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:45:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dick Schutz http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/04/shine-a-light-on-you-is-the-stimulus-even-warm-like-the-evening-sun.html/comment-page-1#comment-67748 Dick Schutz Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3875#comment-67748 "Race to the Top" Where's the top? This represents even weaker thought than "no child left behind." The other way out, "a whole lot more money," is not going to make the el-hi enterprise more productive. Increasing productivity means more benefits with less costs. That's part of the old-fashioned paradigm that we used to call reality, but it's not currently being entertained in any quarter. “Race to the Top” Where’s the top? This represents even weaker thought than “no child left behind.”

The other way out, “a whole lot more money,” is not going to make the el-hi enterprise more productive. Increasing productivity means more benefits with less costs. That’s part of the old-fashioned paradigm that we used to call reality, but it’s not currently being entertained in any quarter.

]]> By: john thompson http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/04/shine-a-light-on-you-is-the-stimulus-even-warm-like-the-evening-sun.html/comment-page-1#comment-66673 john thompson Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:47:33 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3875#comment-66673 Two ways out? I don't understand? I'm not asking you to tip your negotiating hand, but I can't help but notice that you had nothing specific to suggest. You want a mechanism for data-driven accountability. But your own organization has shown that no such mechanism exists? What do you want the Obama administration to do, declare war on the old-fashioned paradigm that we used to call reality? Two ways out? I don’t understand? I’m not asking you to tip your negotiating hand, but I can’t help but notice that you had nothing specific to suggest.

You want a mechanism for data-driven accountability. But your own organization has shown that no such mechanism exists?

What do you want the Obama administration to do, declare war on the old-fashioned paradigm that we used to call reality?

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