President Obama will nominate Bay Area education activist Russlynn Ali to a key civil rights post.
If confirmed by the Senate, Ali would become assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education....
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This is a short article announcing a nomination to a position in the Department of Education. It provides a snapshot of one of the nominee's more controversial positions but beyond that content is mostly that of a press release.
Nanette seems to be the first one to get the news out. That's always good. However, Ali's selection to this post tells us much about the new direction of the DOE. Unfortunately, the article doesn't address this. Also, why doesn't Nanette link to Ali's site, Education Trust-West?
In the school reform arena these days, you have two competing views of what the problem is in education, and what the solution might be. On one side, you have Bill Gates and Mr. Broad, who believe that by collecting better data and using it to aid administrators to inform better teaching methods, you can turn failing schools around with out putting any more money in them. On the other hand, you have people like Larry Cuban, (seeTinkering towards Utopia) who believe that the frantic ... More »
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