Comments on: ‘We’re Going to the Moon:’ Part 2 http://innovation3.edublogs.org/2009/04/27/were-going-to-the-moon-part-2/ inspiring learning beyond time ~ place ~ space Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:46:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://innovation3.edublogs.org/2009/04/27/were-going-to-the-moon-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Jason Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:02 +0000 http://innovation3.edublogs.org/?p=131#comment-130 Wow this agenda sounds very ambitious on the surface! When you look closer at the agenda for Duncan and the Obama administration you'll find more spin than fact and that the current agenda is less ambitious. For example, the Obama administration and Duncan have both mentioned in speeches about America leading the world in having the highest proportion of college graduates. Fact of matter is the US is already #2 in this respect for ages 25-64, trailing only Norway by 1 percentage point. Wow! Reach for the stars! The title of "We are going to the Moon" is very misleading when you look at the facts. I would call the current agenda of the current administration as more a trip to Wal-Mart rather than a trip to the moon! To check the information above and see other spin from the Obama speech on education last month I would encourage you and others to visit: http://www.factcheck.org/politics/education_spin.html Wow this agenda sounds very ambitious on the surface! When you look closer at the agenda for Duncan and the Obama administration you’ll find more spin than fact and that the current agenda is less ambitious. For example, the Obama administration and Duncan have both mentioned in speeches about America leading the world in having the highest proportion of college graduates. Fact of matter is the US is already #2 in this respect for ages 25-64, trailing only Norway by 1 percentage point. Wow! Reach for the stars! The title of “We are going to the Moon” is very misleading when you look at the facts. I would call the current agenda of the current administration as more a trip to Wal-Mart rather than a trip to the moon! To check the information above and see other spin from the Obama speech on education last month I would encourage you and others to visit:

http://www.factcheck.org/politics/education_spin.html

]]> By: ‘We’re Going to the Moon’: Part 1 | innovation3 http://innovation3.edublogs.org/2009/04/27/were-going-to-the-moon-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-128 ‘We’re Going to the Moon’: Part 1 | innovation3 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:17:32 +0000 http://innovation3.edublogs.org/?p=131#comment-128 [...] 2007  (1) October 2007  (14) ← Present at the 2010 ASCD Annual Conference ‘We’re Going to the Moon:’ Part 2 [...] [...] 2007  (1) October 2007  (14) ← Present at the 2010 ASCD Annual Conference ‘We’re Going to the Moon:’ Part 2 [...]

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