Monday, September 22, 2008

Why Obama?: Linda Darling Hammond

Obama understands that teachers and schools cannot close the achievement gap by themselves, and there needs to be a broader effort by government and society to support children’s health, welfare, and learning.
With nearly a quarter of our children living in poverty — far more than any other industrialized nation in the world — Obama’s plans to address health care, housing, and employment needs are critically important.
http://edwize.org/why-educators-should-support-barack-obama
In spite of Darling-Hammond's advocacy of PACT in California, she has some good things to say here.

1 comment:

GeoKaro said...

Thank you, Duane, immensely, for your work with the petition against sending Joel Klein to Washington.
Thankfully, with Obama's appointment of Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond to lead his education policy working group, there's not a "snowball's chance" that Klein with be going to Washington.
I have posts noting Darling-Hammond's well-qualified background at my blog,
http://bluesunited.blogspot.com
Thanks again!!

 
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