Posted on 12/17/2008 5:38:20 PM PST by Kaslin
Education: Barack Obama's choice for education secretary tried to run Chicago schools like a business. As with most monopolies without competition, the result was an inferior product at high cost.
Duncan holds a degree in sociology, not education. He supports higher teacher pay and more training but has done little to loosen the teachers' unions' grip on education. Like the UAW, these unions have been a drag on innovation while imposing huge costs.
He has supported closing failing schools but not the right of parents to take kids elsewhere. According to a 2005 Chicago Sun-Times article, Duncan, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Chicago Teachers Union all oppose vouchers, saying they "haven't been proved to be effective and would tax public resources."
Duncan's record has been unimpressive. According to the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), Chicago Public Schools have remained below the national average during Duncan's term.
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But but he plays basketball with the One.
Of course, take the head of a failing school system and put him in charge of all of them, including the good ones.
How about we make education a local issue again, and eliminate the cabinet position.
No surprise now. Obama wants all his Chicago cronies around him, whether they’re qualified or not. The only change is in their pockets.
But but he plays basketball with the One.
Have any Obama appointees not attended Harvard, lived in Chicago, and/or play basketball?!
Harvard vs Yale is the standard.
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