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Re: Education secretary to visit Cary

kmisegades — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:51:10 -0400

This must be an oxymoron:

"James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy"

Most of the problems and corruption in this state can be traced to Hunt's behind-the-scene string-pulling and cronyism.

What a joke - who wants to bet that the basic theme will be "we need more money"?

Re: Education secretary to visit Cary

BitterEXdemocrat — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:12:41 -0400

Will both June Atkinson AND Bill Harrison be attending? Who gets the
respect there?

Re: Education secretary to visit Cary

BitterEXdemocrat — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:11:27 -0400

MORE stimulatin money down a massive RATHOLE! STOP letting the government INDOCTRINATE your children! Get them OUT of there as fast as you can!

Re: Education secretary to visit Cary

paineintheneck — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:50:27 -0400

Duncan is pro teacher's union and anti school choice. They'll spend more money and we'll get more poor performance. They know that results don't matter as long as they seem to care.

Re: Education secretary to visit Cary

dryeraseuser — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:39:48 -0400

YUP! A speech is all it will be. More talk and nothing with results, as usual!

Education secretary to visit Cary

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:59:40 -0400

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be in Cary this weekend for what his office is calling a "major policy speech" focusing on international standards for school achievement.

Duncan will be offering the keynote address Sunday night at the Governors Education Symposium, a meeting sponsored by the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, Lynn Bonner reports.

Duncan's speech will be the second in a series of four leading up to the opening of competition for $5 billion from the "Race to the Top" fund — money Duncan will dole out to states to encourage school improvements.

The fund is part of the stimulus money Congress approved earlier this year.