Liars
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The results for New York State Common Core aligned tests are in.
New York State education officials anticipated that the scores would raise questions, and arranged a conference call with Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
In the call, Education Secretary Arne Duncan shared his view that the New York State test results are a demonstration of deceit on the part of school systems:
"Too many school systems lied to children, families and communities," Mr. Duncan said. "Finally, we are holding ourselves accountable as educators."
You can't call the people within the system you lead liars, and expect them to trust you.
The blatant disrespect this shows for the people tasked with implementing the failed and poorly conceived policies of politicians and bureaucrats is stunning.
There are liars in our educational system, all right. But it's not the teachers, or the people doing the actual work of running schools.
