Arne Duncan’s children do NOT attend a school with Common Core and/or high stakes tests. In fact, Duncan attended the same school his children go to. Duncan supports education policies that are bad for 99.9% of America’s children but sends his own children to schools that do not follow any of HIS own policies. What is that called—hypocrisy, deceit, deception, dishonesty, fraud—I think?
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s children will attend the private University of Chicago Lab School, where his wife works.
Of course, everyone is free to send their children wherever they wish. What’s interesting about Duncan choosing this school is that it does not practice any of the policies that Duncan has promulgated. It is a progressive school, founded by John Dewey. No Common Core. No evaluation of teachers by test scores. No performance pay.
Duncan attended the prestigious University of Chicago Lab School. The teachers are unionized. President Obama sent his daughters there. Mayor Rahm Emanuel sends his children there.
Julie Vassilatos, a parent activist in Chicago, notes that Duncan has chosen a school that is free of any of Duncan’s influence. This is how she describes the Lab School:
Lab is an excellent, well-resourced private school with a rich arts curriculum, small classes, entire rooms devoted to holding musical…
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