Margaret Spellings, thinking for the rest of us

Is this the genius who finally saved public education?

Margaret Spellings - A Word To My Successor

She would have you believe that. But what would I know? I'm just one of those whining teachers who think that the No Child Left Behind Act, that she is always trumpeting, is a well-intentioned, fundamentally flawed effort to put responsibility for education and school improvement in the hands of lawmakers rather than teachers, principals, parents, and, especially, students.

And Margaret Spellings, in this piece, would have you think that she is outthunk all of us whiners on this one. As long as she and her successor have the power to enforce their wisdom. It's Plato's Republic, Spelling-style. I can feel the Education Secretary ripping me from my cave.

Thank goodness Margaret is there to think for me, huh?

Because that is what a good teacher is there for.