Obama’s faulty education logic: What he said and failed to say

01-26-2011

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

Someone should have told President Obama that there were important contradictions in the education portion of his State of the Union address before he delivered it to Congress. First, Obama rightly said that a child’s education starts at home: “It’s family that first instills the love of learning in a child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned off and homework gets done.” Then why is his administration insisting in pushing policies that evaluate and pay teachers based solely on how well they raise the test scores of their children? How can teachers be solely responsible for what happens to a child outside of school? Obama spoke about the $4.3 billion Race to the Top competition launched by his Education Department. “Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation. For less than one percent of what we spend on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning.“ Well, not actually. (more...)

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