[Speed Gibson,
Sunday September 14, 2008 at 10:06pm]
Education Minnesota at Work
I really need to visit The Brad Carlson Blog more often, so I've added it to my blog roll.
He has posted pictures of laminated placards for the Obama and Franken campaigns, produced by Education Minnesota for its local stewards to distribute via their school mail slots. (Is this legal, campaigning on government property, on government time?)
Both promise to "reform" (meaning eviscerate) No Child Left Behind, and "fully fund" what's left. They also agree on something else.
In other words, they promise to spend still more to get predictably negative results. And we'll have an even harder time proving it.
He has posted pictures of laminated placards for the Obama and Franken campaigns, produced by Education Minnesota for its local stewards to distribute via their school mail slots. (Is this legal, campaigning on government property, on government time?)
Both promise to "reform" (meaning eviscerate) No Child Left Behind, and "fully fund" what's left. They also agree on something else.
- Obama: "Use multiple measures, not just tests, to show student progress."
- Franken: "Give schools and educators more flexibility in measuring student achievement."
In other words, they promise to spend still more to get predictably negative results. And we'll have an even harder time proving it.
My wife did give kudos to her union rep. The rep knew full well that not all the teachers were Democrats and thus refused to place the placards in all the staff mail slots. Nonetheless, it shouldn't be a huge shock that an organization like Education Minnesota is endorsing Democrat political candidates. Heck, you attach the word "education" to any bill and you can just see the money flying in.