tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post4899276065083849139..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: AEI and Lessons Almost LearnedPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-49459095381823186722018-01-18T12:01:45.791-05:002018-01-18T12:01:45.791-05:00Three rather disconnected thoughts...
First: &qu...Three rather disconnected thoughts...<br /><br />First: "After all, when thinking back on these administrations, they're generally regarded as being pretty far apart on a range of issues."<br /><br />The only people who think Bush and Obama were far apart on a range of issues were those who believed the promises of candidate Obama and didn't pay attention to the actions of President Obama.<br /><br />Second, regarding sticks and carrots, the actual image is that of a carrot tied to a stick held forever in front of the donkey to get it to pull the cart. The stick and the carrot are the same thing. The donkey will never get the carrot because of the stick.<br /><br />Third, you talk about solving the "problem" of measuring schools. I guess I'd take a step back even from there and challenge the framing as a problem. The only reason we'd need to "measure" (sic) schools is if we want to compare them, but why do we need to? If my school offers what I need for my child and my child is getting a good education and is being well treated, what difference does it make how my child's school compares to your school or that other school down the road, much less that school five towns or three states away? I think we really need to fight back on the whole notion that schools need to be either "measured" or compared and that it's a problem that we don't have a good way to do that.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.com