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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Pat Harvey's background
In a message dated 3/11/02 9:23:03 AM, aburke@VANSD.ORG writes: << It's hard to believe someone like that would make the top two list for sup in Portland. Art >> She didn't change. Her marketing plans became more sophisticated and went national via both the Bush and Clinton version of educational reality. Testocracy, remember, is a bi-partisn affair. The safest thing might be to be very skeptical of anyone with a "Made in Chicago" label. Chicago is now exporting high intensity "diversity" Testocrats (Betty Despenza Green, who ruined Chicago Vocational HIgh School and is now on the national "Small Schools curcuit, is another). These individuals will do the same job for your school district that Rod Paige is now doing at the Education Department. Why should Portland be immune from such illusions? After all, Portland hosted Betty Green uncritically a year ago, didn't they? If you want to believe in unicorns, unicorns are now a Chicago export crop. Our well subsidized professors pioneered the academic discipline of Unicorn Studies. George Schmidt Editor, Substance 5132 W. Berteau Chicago, IL 60641 773-735-7502 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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