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...Duncan has a new arrow in his quiver. Buried in the President's stimulus package is a $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" education fund that the Secretary can use to give incentives to states that make "dramatic progress" in meeting goals that include improving standards. States that fail to give assurances that they will improve standards are at risk of losing education funding from other parts of the stimulus bill...
...country, historically, wealthy families have had a lot of options as to where to send their children. And families that didn't come from a lot of money had one option - and usually that option wasn't a good one. The more options available, the more we give parents a chance to figure out what the best learning environment is for their child. To me it's not about letting a thousand flowers bloom. You need to have a really high bar about whom you let open the charter school. [You need] a really rigorous front-end competitive process...
Regular folks don't get the distinction between certified teachers and qualified teachers - why the teachers' union wouldn't let Einstein teach physics to high school students because he wasn't certified. Isn't all that matters that our children learn? That teachers give students knowledge? And not how they became a teacher, whether it's from a traditional route or an alternative certification route. At the end of the day, it is not about a piece of paper coming [through] the door. It's about student achievement...
...North will abide by agreements it makes, so long as the U.S. does the same by providing the benefits it promises up front. There are many people, including some former members of the Bush Administration, who think this is delusional. But count on this: Obama is going to give those diplomats a chance to prove whether they're right...