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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Daily Kos: Revealed: School board member who took standardized test

Daily Kos: Revealed: School board member who took standardized test:

Revealed: School board member who took standardized test

is the title of this followup blog post by Valerie Strauss, who yesterday posted the story by Marion Brady of the school board member who, having taking Florida's FCAT test and done poorly, was criticizing them.

I am going to suggest you read this followup piece as well. As Strauss writes about Rick Roach, the board member who has now gone public,

Roach, the father of five children and grandfather of two, was a teacher, counselor and coach in Orange County for 14 years. He was first elected to the board in 1998 and has been reelected three times. A resident of Orange County for three decades, he has a bachelor of science degree in education and two masters degrees: in education and educational psychology. He has trained over 18,000 educators in classroom management and course delivery skills in six eastern states over the last 25 years.

In other words, he is not just some random adult taking the test, but a skilled and experienced educator.

Please keep reading.