Pearson imposes gag order on teachers about test.

[liberalhistorian]

102. I would really like to know just why

Duncan was appointed in the first place. The man has no education degree, has never set foot in a k-12 classroom as a teacher, has no experience in it; in short, he knows very little about it. Oh, wait, I forgot, his mother was a teacher, so I guess that makes him "qualified". My parents were both teachers, so I suppose that means I can apply for the position after him? God knows I probably know more about k-12 education, teaching, and what teachers deal with than he does and will ever know. This corporatizing motherfucker is an insult to my parents, who gave their lives to the profession and it damn near killed both of them to do it, and all other dedicated, hard-working, underpaid, under-appreciated, frustrated teachers.

I just am floored that he was even considered, let alone named. It would be like naming me, with just a BA in history and no formal medical knowledge or experience whatsoever, as the head of the National Institutes of Health or something like that. Gah.