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President-elect Obama’s nomination of his unqualified basketball buddy, Arne Duncan, sends one very clear message to American educators. “Not a single one of you or the leaders you respect is qualified to run our nation’s public schools.”<\/p>\n

A basketball metaphor might be timely.<\/p>\n

Wake up teachers! If we don’t start playing offense, teaching in the United States will enjoy the same level of joy, purpose and security as working on a General Motors assembly line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently, “Change you can believe in,” stops at the schoolhouse metal detector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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