Even if you accept the anomaly that the US Government should be involved with education, this man's comments are howlers. "Duncan said that support services are not enough to bridge the achievement gap and that the quality of schools themselves must be improved." Will public schools provide young men and women with parents if they live in single parent homes? Having two parents, one of each sex is a major factor in a child's success in schools. Why is this fact never discussed by the Ed School or in this majestic education czar's offices? "Duncan said that wraparound programs, which target students’ general quality of life, are an important way to improve standards of education, especially in poverty stricken areas." Oh, and why are "poverty stricken areas" the focus? Intelligent children in loving homes with parents with little material wealth who support education thrive in public schools. Some children from wealthy areas are terrible students and learn little. The major factor is not material wealth but the kind of parents children have. Will Mr. Duncan propose that schools provide loving parents who support education? Will he remove children from homes without that kind of parent(s)? What do DC bureaucrats know about local schools that parents and teachers do not know? Can a system proposed by a DC bureaucrat cover all situations in rich and poor areas, with all kinds of parents? Aren't there enough bureaucrats in each city who harm the learning process? Who needs more misguided over paid know-it-alls in DC to do more damage?
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/2/7/ed-school-arne-duncan-education/
Secretary of Education Calls for Comprehensive Reform
By Elizabeth S. Auritt,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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