US News & World Report's Education Blog has a GREAT blog article on how the eduation "community" received President Obama's proposals for improving education. The differing opinions on what he said and what needs to be done is sadly another example of why it will be so difficult to improve education in America.
To refresh your recollection, President Obama said he wants the United States to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020 and asked every American to complete a year or more of college or career training. He talked about the need for more reform in education and said he wants to reward teacher performance and grow the number of charter schools. He also talked about providing ore financial support from pre-school through college.
Sadly, as usual, the "education community" was NOT pulling together. As usual the entrenched interests looked at their position and as the comments of the various "experts" show - they are all going in different directions.
I am becoming so frustrated that I voiced my opinion in the comments section! To read the article AND my comments, go to the On Education Blog Comment Section. Then add your own comments there or here!
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