Diane Ravitch gives Arne Duncan an "F"

This recent article in the NYRBlog (Mar 7, 2012), "Flunking Arne Duncan" provides her rationale for giving the following grades:

Report Card: Arne Duncan

Fidelity to the Constitution: F
Doing what’s right for children: F
Doing what’s right for public education: F
Respecting the limits of federalism: F
Doing what’s right for teachers: F
Doing what’s right for education: F

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Arne Duncan's speech at Teachers College

Since it has generated so much press and conversation among individuals and organizations, I thought I would put a link to the text of the speech here.