This morning I watched CNN’s live broadcast of President Obama’s speech on education reform and his defense of “Race to the Top.” I don’t have time right at the moment to explain all of the reasons that I was disappointed in the speech and this administration’s position on education reform, but I will say that it is extremely disturbing to know that RTT is basically NCLB in “new clothes.”
Here is the talk that CNN should have aired. This is the speech that Obama should have given. This is the talk that all education leaders should hear.
Chris Lehmann is the founding Principal of Science Leadership Academy and author of the Practical Theory blog. He is also an incredibly impressive young education leader and someone that I am proud to call a colleague and a friend. Oh how I wish that this talk had been the one we had all viewed this morning on CNN.
Did you listen to President Obama’s speech this morning? What did you think?
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Oh I so agree with you Stephanie! This is critially important for educators to hear, and as importantly, it is what the public needs to hear as well. If only CNN would follow Chris and his teachers around, so the average person on the street got to see the kind of thoughtful journey the students in that school take rather than the kind of “racing” that Arne Duncan proposes for our schools.