Why is everyone wimping out on Darling-Hammond?
Thursday, November 20, 2008Written by: Van Schoales
Speak out! David Hoff from Education Week just called me about my disappointment with the Linda Darling-Hammond appointment.
David indicated that there are many prominent educators talking to him about their concerns with LDH but no one would go on the record. What’s up with that?
We need an open spirited discussion of how the Feds should lead education. What’s she going to do? Blacklist TFA, New Leaders, KIPP, New Teacher Project, New Schools Venture Fund, Gates, Broad, NYC dept of Education, charter community, The best urban sups, etc, etc. There are too many of us struggling to develop schools where all kids succeed.
Not to mention the fact that most involved with these reform efforts are Democrats! We are hardly a collection of Republicans as some would paint us.
