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Education leaders don't have all the answers, apparently
- 11-19-2010
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Here’s what happened when I asked the governor of Maryland today whether he would want one of his children to be in a classroom with a teacher who had five weeks of training, as the Teach for America program gives before sending young people into America’s toughest schools: Gov. Martin O'Malley didn’t directly answer the question. This occurred when the newly reelected governor visited Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring along with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel. The powerful trio met with an ESOL science class and a journalism class -- as part of the NEA’s American Education Week -- to encourage young people to consider teaching as a profession. Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jerry Weast was watching from the side, as were other education officials from Maryland. (more…)
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