Remember Obama's bold initiative with the Chicago Public Schools? Epic fail (pdf). Go to page 2 for the key findings. Most students drop out, or fail. The improvement claimed over the past ten years isn't there. They just made the evaluation tests easier.
On page 16 you'll find that newer Charter Schools are doing much better on average.
Missing from that doc was mention of Arne Duncan, who presided over the debacle.
Prior to his appointment as secretary of education, Arne Duncan served as the chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools, a position to which he was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, from June 2001 through December 2008, becoming the longest-serving big-city education superintendent in the country.
As CEO, Duncan's mandate was to raise education standards and performance.
He will do the same for the nation.
Posted by: carol | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 06:27 PM