Arne says parents to blame for test stress. Threatens fed intervention if Opt Outs continue.

[JDPriestly]

23. Teachers should be evaluated by their fellow teachers.

Schools should be assessed only if factors like the socio-economic staus and natural aptitudes of the children are considered. Children whose parents are well educated tend to do better in school than children whose parents are not well educated. Thus, the "best" schools tend to be in areas in which many parents are well educated. And those happen to be the areas in which more affluent people live.

We should make higher education cheaper and more accessible to more people. That will raise the standards in our schools. Our problems in education are problems in our culture and our economy and not in our children. Our schools merely reflect our culture and our economy.

Arne Duncan needs to go. He should either be fired or resign. He is incompetent to understand the problems of children in our schools.