The Failure of American Schools

Who better to lead an educational revolution than Joel Klein, the prosecutor who took on the software giant Microsoft? But in his eight years as chancellor of New York City?s school system, the nation?s largest, Klein learned a few painful lessons of his own?about feckless politicians, recalcitrant unions, mediocre teachers, and other enduring obstacles to school reform.

Three years ago, in a New York Times article detailing her bid to become head of the American Federation of Teachers union, Randi Weingarten boasted that despite my calls for ?radical reform? to New York City?s school system, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and I had achieved only ?incremental? change. It seemed like a strange thing to crow about, but she did...

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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/05/25/the_failure_of_american_schools_256034.html

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