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Secretary of "Education" Arne Duncan: Dumbf*** by: daveinchi Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 07:06:00 PDT Duncan to call for change in teachers' education WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to push for reforms in how teachers are taught when he speaks at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York on Thursday. According to advanced quotes released by the U.S. Department of Education, he will say that "schools, colleges and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st-century classroom." He will call for a "revolutionary" change in teacher preparation programs. Duncan estimates that about 200,000 new teachers will enter U.S. school systems annually." There's More... :: (2 Comments, 685 words in story)

I pledge allegiance to Bill Gates by: yoda Sat Oct 17, 2009 at 09:01:05 PDT (noon. - promoted by ek hornbeck) "I pledge allegiance to Bill Gates and to the corporation for which he stands.  One nation, under Microsoft, with standardized testing and low wages for all." Yesterday buhdydharma posted a diary Turns Out It Is Not The Republicans After All that I will reference often as I write about the education coup de tat that is occurring right under our noses.  The very rich, the ruling class, is usurping our public schools. It is a slow and deliberate coup. They are taking us in with their money, promises, and dictates, and if we don't start paying attention, good public schools will be a thing of the past. It's difficult to know where to start with so much happening and so little education news ever being reported in the MSM.  So, I'm going to start in the middle and hope to provide more information in subsequent diaries. There is so much to know.   First, I want to say that Bill Gates has done much good in the world through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  I thought his "small schools" initiative was a good idea in theory, although the execution has left something to be desired.  That being said, his newest endeavor is wrong is so many ways.  We should pay attention.  The people with the most money want to control ours. There's More... :: (8 Comments, 1356 words in story)