Obama Goes With Science On Education and School Violence

[knitter4democracy]

2. Just remember, figures can lie, and liars can figure.

I'm not arguing the preschool initiative, but his Race to the Top is destroying public education (and no, that's not hyperbole). Everything's becoming about tests the kids don't care about and are heartily sick of, and more and more of us are dealing with students who cannot read, think, or write because they're being taught how to do multiple choice tests instead.

Several studies now have proven that tying teacher pay to test scores doesn't result in higher outcomes, but that's a key part of RTTT that the administration refuses to change but instead is seriously enforcing. Trust me, Sec. Duncan and all those "reformer" junkies aren't about actual science.