Comments on: Toothless Reform?

By: Race to the Top? More Like a Cakewalk « The Enterprise Blog

Race to the Top? More Like a Cakewalk « The Enterprise Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:50:11 +0000

[...] this article from the upcoming edition of Education Next, I wrote, “When state [Race to the Top] proposals [...]

By: Poll: Public Believes Half of Stimulus Funding Wasted « The Enterprise Blog

Poll: Public Believes Half of Stimulus Funding Wasted « The Enterprise Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:48:00 +0000

[...] these reports and this article recount, $75 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) education funding that was [...]

By: Race to the Top Applications Due Today « The Enterprise Blog

Race to the Top Applications Due Today « The Enterprise Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:47:26 +0000

[...] deadline and the important work about to begin, Education Next is releasing my new article “Toothless Reform?” which makes the case that previous American Recovery and Reinvestment Act education funding [...]

By: Terry Daugherty

Terry Daugherty — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:58:32 +0000

Toothless Reform????
How about a reform that has no money where it is needed. That is the reform we see in Indiana. We have less state money and the Federal money is giving us more Professional Development. Meaning the administration is going out to Phoenix to share in Educational Knowledge. Meanwhile our class size goes up and we turn out the lights in the hallways. This is reform???

By: Anne Clark

Anne Clark — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:42:15 +0000

People will criticize any education directives from Washington as a violation of states rights in one breath, then insist that Washington require fundamental reforms in order for states to be given money in the next breath.

For instance – people assert the common core state standards are a federal takeover of our schools in one breath – but that the US DOE must mandate implementation of NMAP recommendations in all states receiving funds in the next breath.

To quote famous ed reformer Woody Allen:

There’s an old joke – um… two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of ‘em says, “Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.” The other one says, “Yeah, I know; and such small portions.”