"Duncan praised as bonafide reformer of Chicago Schools" from Fox News reports that Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has garnred praise from former Chicago superintendent Paul Vallas - but also former domestic terrorist and now University of Chicago education professor Bill Ayers who has also mixed it up with Duncan on some of his programs.
In 2006, Duncan went on the offensive about the plan, accusing former domestic terrorist Williams Ayers -- now an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Obama supporter -- for "failing to embrace" the program.
Ayers and his co-author Michael Klonsky responded to Duncan in an article published in Phi Delta Kappan -- a professional journal for education -- describing him as "the brightest and most dedicated schools leader Chicago has had in memory," but one who began his article by "admonishing us for failing to 'embrace' the board's Renaissance 2010 policy and instructs us on our responsibility to be 'impartial.'"
"People in power desire nothing more than obedience and easy agreement, but this is not the proper role for either reformers or scholars," they wrote.
Duncan then responded to Ayers and Klonsky in a rebuttal article, writing, "Rather than embrace Chicago's ambitious Renaissance 2010 program as a vehicle to advance school reform and the small schools movement while integrating greater accountability into the system, William Ayers and Michael Klonsky, pioneers in small school development, attack the initiative with inaccurate, misleading statements.
"Academics are supposed to stick to the facts and remain impartial, but Ayers and Klonsky have clearly failed the test," Duncan wrote.
Arne Duncan has been advised, that the Margaret Spellings' regime will soon be under investigation by Congress due to Spellings' involvement in the induced fraud by Western Seminary and collusion with its accreditation agencies, the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). A key Senator has begun the process to instigate an inquiry and is anticipated to coordinate efforts with another Senator and house members.
It appears Spellings is rushing to leave Washington before her mess blows up even further.
Department destroys evidence.
On October 30th and November 4th two lawsuits were filed and served against Margaret Spellings and the Department of Education over their cover up of academic fraud and collusion with ATS and NWCCU.
A third lawsuit will be served on Spellings and others over their concealment and/or destruction of evidences to aid and abet Western, ATS, and NWCCU as well as further allegations of misconduct and intentional misrepresentation. Spellings' administration is using taxpayers' dollars to help special interest accreditation agencies who in turned helped the school to harm the student, Randy Chapel, and his family. School is using various law firms and insurance money to deal with their mess.
read more at www.educationalfraud.com
Posted by: pr1 | December 17, 2008 at 10:11 AM