Dang!

Diane Ravitch's post on "Bridging Differences" this week has sent me all over the internet!

Marc Dean Millot on February 5 posted that he'd heard from three places that the fix was in on Race to the Top; the administration knew to whom they wished the money to go.

His post was subsequently taken down by Scholastic, and he was fired as a blogger. (You'll note that the first link is a screen capture; the second is the original link, which is blank.) He was also attacked by the not-particularly wonkish Eduwonk (which subsequently removed the post on the main blog; you can still find it via direct link). Millot has now responded to that post (posting as a guest blogger) and here.

All of which means...what?

My guess? The fix is not only in; they don't want you to know it's in.
Considering the crowd we've seen testifying as "experts" at events, and those who have been appointed to run these programs, some of us have thought the fix has been in for months.