Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Take Obama's Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, for example who recently let it slip in front of State Superintendents at a meeting with the Council of Chief State School Officers that "some of the opposition to the Common Core State Standards has come from 'white suburban moms who-all of a sudden- their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were.' "
The words bigot, sexist, bully, arrogant, and intolerant come to mind.
Also, when these kinds of things accidentally "slip" in public, it makes one wonder what is said behind closed doors.
Arne Duncan also let it slip in 2009 what the real goal of data collection will be to the federal government.
"We should be able to look every second grader in the eye and say, 'You're on track, you're going to be able to go to a good college, or you're not.' "
Think this is a little far-fetched?
Just look at what Pearson's data track will be able to do for a student like "Anthony." It's just a shame that Anthony is projected to be a mechanical or aerospace engineer with a 60% average in science.
Or, maybe not?
