tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5988400240652004007..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-45156095925490816252013-09-09T12:22:51.104-05:002013-09-09T12:22:51.104-05:00Gary -- you are right on with this analysis.....the point that I would make is that Bennett and his cronies went into overdrive to salvage Christel House&#39;s reputation -- they had a pre-conceived notion that the school would fare better. But they also had a pre-conceived notion that the public schools that operate in urban settings would fare worse -- yet they turned a deaf ear to any concerns that emanated from the public school community......I won&#39;t defend the IPS and Gary school districts of the world as I think they are terrible and need competition --- but they deserved better than they got from the Bennett regime.<br /><br />The other point the report made is that Bennett and his team underestimated the work that would need to go into making the system work -- the technical and computer modeling etc -- is it any wonder they had this problem when the DOE was ransacked when Bennett took office? How many years of institutional knowledge left the building when Bennett sacked the top staff upon entering office....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com