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Friday, January 6, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Is Vallas angling for Duncan's job? Just asking.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Is Vallas angling for Duncan's job? Just asking.:

Is Vallas angling for Duncan's job? Just asking.

Reading Paul Vallas' strange EdWeek assessment of decade-old NCLB I had a funny thought. This guy is angling for a job in Obama's administration. First read his comment and tell me if I'm nuts.
In summation, I think NCLB's legacy is that it has been the next powerful phase in the federal government’s efforts to improve schools by demanding greater accountability and providing more resources, as begun by the Clinton administration, and it provided a solid base for the current administration to build upon with its ambitious Race to the Top initiative.
The thought struck me that Vallas, who is as they say, between jobs now that his consulting gigs in Haiti and Brazil are over, could be a logical replacement for the inept Arne Duncan. Talk about irony. It was Duncan who