I was first put off by the talk of what “we” do, and “our” successes, which is the usually way of talking from someone who wants to make big pronouncements but doesn't know enough to say anything. Then was put off by the shiny chain of platitudes he offers in exchange for control over the education of “our” children ( “...following orders, obeying protocol...”; thats what they're “training” them to do? That's the problem in schools? Has he been in a public school lately?). And the solution to the failure of American students to meet undemanding standards on basic literacy is to drop testing altogether?
“Entrepreneurship! That's the answer! I'm so excited about it that I can't be wrong!”
Then again, perhaps the article is more subtle than that. Perhaps it's an attempt to demonstrate how far our standards have fallen by showing what pap some people will accept as proposals for school reform.
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I was first put off by the talk of what “we” do, and “our” successes, which is the usually way of talking from someone who wants to make big pronouncements but doesn't know enough to say anything. Then was put off by the shiny chain of platitudes he offers in exchange for control over the education of “our” children ( “...following orders, obeying protocol...”; thats what they're “training” them to do? That's the problem in schools? Has he been in a public school lately?). And the solution to the failure of American students to meet undemanding standards on basic literacy is to drop testing altogether?
“Entrepreneurship! That's the answer! I'm so excited about it that I can't be wrong!”
Then again, perhaps the article is more subtle than that. Perhaps it's an attempt to demonstrate how far our standards have fallen by showing what pap some people will accept as proposals for school reform.