Blurts

This from Education Week on the education-related agenda of possible candidate Mitch Daniels. I am starting to wonder when I see these issues whether what is promoted are personal values of the candidates (has it been successful in their states) or the recommendations of some tea party focus group. More for less appeals when applied to any service we consume but such expectations are often simplistic and unrealistic.

Private-school vouchers and public school choice. Limits on collective bargaining for teachers. An emphasis on content over pedagogy for teachers. An expansion of charter schools. Teachers evaluated, in part, on test scores.

I am thinking real leadership has to do with setting realistic priorities you are willing to stand behind. If you don’t think education is important then come out and say it. Don’t act like you value the process of education and think someone else should do it on the cheap.

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