Why is it that seemingly EVERY educational "reformer" who comes along with the latest and greatest utopian proposal for remaking a fairly straightforward process is somebody who is either a) safely removed from the classroom and thus insulated from the real-life consequences of their reform, or b) somebody who has never spent Day One in a classroom with live, flesh-and-blood students?
I'll be even more specific with this rhetorical query...what is it in Arne Duncan's background that qualifies him to opine or pontificate on quality academic instruction? I know he's played a lot of hoops with Obamanon, but aside from that, what classroom experience does he possess that equips him with the right to say that teachers should be hired and fired according to student test scores?
