Comments on: Duncan wants California to resubmit http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/04/29/duncan-wants-california-to-resubmit/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gary Ravani http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/04/29/duncan-wants-california-to-resubmit/comment-page-1/#comment-11382 Gary Ravani Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:20:19 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=1949#comment-11382 Anyone heard of Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre? He is one of Goldman Sach's guys (I believe he is under indictment) who wrote an infamous email to a girlfriend about how to make money under the current economic system. He described "absolutely conceptual and highly theoretical" financial instruments designed, not to accomplish a productive end, but simply to make a small group of insiders tremendous profits. With RTTT, as with NCLB, the fundamentals have the same "conceptual and highly thoeretical" basis. RTT can be easily described as a kind of educational derivitive. Measuring teacher effectiveness via student test scores? Hogwash says the National Research Council. Charter schools as the answer to the "achievement gap?" No way, no how says CREDO and the NCES. Closing schools as an effective "turnaround" strategy? "No significant impact on the performance of most students" says the University of Chicago who studied Arnie's magic touch on schools in that city. Based on all of that how could CA's officials even consider not taking another shot at RTTT? Anyone heard of Fabrice “Fabulous Fab” Tourre? He is one of Goldman Sach’s guys (I believe he is under indictment) who wrote an infamous email to a girlfriend about how to make money under the current economic system. He described “absolutely conceptual and highly theoretical” financial instruments designed, not to accomplish a productive end, but simply to make a small group of insiders tremendous profits. With RTTT, as with NCLB, the fundamentals have the same “conceptual and highly thoeretical” basis. RTT can be easily described as a kind of educational derivitive. Measuring teacher effectiveness via student test scores? Hogwash says the National Research Council. Charter schools as the answer to the “achievement gap?” No way, no how says CREDO and the NCES. Closing schools as an effective “turnaround” strategy? “No significant impact on the performance of most students” says the University of Chicago who studied Arnie’s magic touch on schools in that city. Based on all of that how could CA’s officials even consider not taking another shot at RTTT?

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]]> By: Frank http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/04/29/duncan-wants-california-to-resubmit/comment-page-1/#comment-11302 Frank Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:11:03 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=1949#comment-11302 It all about scoring brownie points with Duncan? That is an air head idea. Talk about a waste of time for so few dollars. This would work out to about 80 cents per kid. We presently get more money from the lottery. It all about scoring brownie points with Duncan? That is an air head idea. Talk about a waste of time for so few dollars. This would work out to about 80 cents per kid. We presently get more money from the lottery.

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]]> By: Paul Muench http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/04/29/duncan-wants-california-to-resubmit/comment-page-1/#comment-11280 Paul Muench Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:10:44 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=1949#comment-11280 So what about common core? Would the application of a few districts have to forfeit the points CA got in the first round for signing onto common core? I suppose if the Governor and State Superintendent want other districts to pick up the cost of switching to common core for the benefit the districts that are part of the application, then no points would be lost. So what about common core? Would the application of a few districts have to forfeit the points CA got in the first round for signing onto common core? I suppose if the Governor and State Superintendent want other districts to pick up the cost of switching to common core for the benefit the districts that are part of the application, then no points would be lost.

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]]> By: Richard Moore http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/04/29/duncan-wants-california-to-resubmit/comment-page-1/#comment-11277 Richard Moore Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:08:34 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=1949#comment-11277 >>> Re-applying would score brownie points . . . with Arne Duncan Which is what education is ALL about, right? Meanwhile CA has the lowest level of school and public library service in the nation. We would have to hire 5000 school librarians to be "competitive" (since that's the key word) with the rest of the nation. >>> Re-applying would score brownie points . . . with Arne Duncan

Which is what education is ALL about, right?

Meanwhile CA has the lowest level of school and public library service in the nation. We would have to hire 5000 school librarians to be “competitive” (since that’s the key word) with the rest of the nation.

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