How Michelle Rhee Is Taking Over the Democratic Party

[charmay]

5. Rhee, Duncan and followers are what has always been a problem with education.

Just on a largter scale.

So-called educators who have taught very little or have never taught, who take whatever lame-brained idea that they can come up with on the road and "teach" other educators how their teaching ideas are the next greatest thing that's going to revolutionize education. There are thousands of them out there that make money from school districts by doing the inservice circuit. As a result, administrators force teachers to jump from lame-brained idea to lame-brained idea rather than build and improve on solid teaching skills and curriculum.

Rhee's so-called "reforms" and Duncan's Race to the Top are just snake oil programs to give them money and fame. Unfortuately, President Obama and the governors are the administrators forcing the snake-oil on teachers.

I will be voting for President Obama, but I am disappointed with his embrace of Rhee and Duncan's snake oil.