Friday, April 23, 2010
Indiana's out
The statewide superintendent for the state of Indiana is pulling the plug on the state's Round 2 application for Race to the Top. Not surprisingly, this has irked Rick Hess who sees it as more evidence of kowtowing to the teachers' unions. Hess does raise the important point that, comprehensive application or no, the amount of union buy-in has been stressed by the federal government in discussing the winners of Round 1. Considering the amount of apprehension about the so-called "reforms" put forward by this administration, it's not a bit surprising that unions have felt empowered to wield more force in Round 2.
The unions were always going to be scapegoated in this. They've been in a lose-lose position from the onl;pset of this. The Feds have always known Race to the Top was risky as a buy-in process, and they needed to have a scapegoat. The unions were always going to hold that position.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering what the endorsements this fall are going to look like.
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