“he will only get a sense of what was in the applications once they've been analyzed by 'people a lot smarter than me' who will present him rank-ordered results ”
“doesn't necessarily mean that Louisiana is a shoo-in to win the high-stakes competition between states for a share of the new education grant program known as Race to the Top. ”
“Louisiana tracks students to teachers and they track teachers back to their schools of education, and this isn't about a gotcha model, this is about trying to look at where my talent's coming from and how strong is my talent, and where their weaknesses ar ”
“what you've seen in Louisiana is schools of education adjusting their curriculums based upon the results not just of their alumni but of their alumni's students. ”
“In essence what we have right now is an export of Washington's financial recklessness to states across the country; And I think we will see it ultimately met with not jobs, but frankly, disastrous consequences in terms of this country's finances and frank ”