Comments on: RTT-Palooza!

By: edlharris

edlharris — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:02:31 +0000

Pimp Actor James O'Keefe's paymaster, Andrew Breitbart has discovered Michelle Rhee and describes the lost love between the mainstream/lamestream media and teachers and their unions: Are Journalists Finally Getting Over their Pro-Teacher-Union Fetish?

By: GGW

GGW — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:15:44 +0000

Simple solution: Make it the first question for each state “interview.” Videotape interview. Instruct all applicants that if the answer is yes, they need to bring copies to pass out.

I’d be surprised if state leaders would want to be on tape denying any side agreements, if indeed they’d made any. You don’t need the AG.

By: sandy kress

sandy kress — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:08:39 +0000

Andy, how can the USDOE make valid judgments about states’ commitments to reforms without having all the details before them regarding these side agreements?

A state that allows such agreements that would effectively scuttle the reforms either during the course of the grants or after they’re paid out is simply not in the same position as a state that is requiring (with requisite buy-in) ongoing implementation of the reforms.

This is exactly why I criticized RTTT in the beginning for being too geared to what’s promised on paper, not what’s actually done and not what’s actually improved in terms of actual increases in student achievement.

I don’t see this as a close call at all. The peer review committees had better get their hands on all such relevant data, or they’re digging their own graves.

Talk about gaming the system! Sheesh.