[BohDaThone]

While I have no specific knowledge on Duncan, I do know that Chicago has actually taken the schools away from the union-dominated school board, and installed professional management at many levels. I have no idea how well it has worked, but the unions fought it tooth and toenail, so it may not be all bad.

O was certainly going to appint SOMEONE, and not abolish the dept't,so let's at least see if this guy is better or worse than others might be. Kind of like Michele Rhee in DC, they seem to be trying something useful, more charters, etc. Not what I would do , of course, but probably better than a pure NEA hack.

[penelopesire]

Interesting. Thanks for the info.