Comments on: Department of Education ignored law and ethics in reading program http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Q http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11294 Q Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:38:48 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11294 left behind? what happened to every child gets a head start? seems we're loosing ground. left behind? what happened to every child gets a head start? seems we’re loosing ground.

]]> By: Dana http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11293 Dana Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:27:35 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11293 I agree. There is obviously the possibility of corruption at the local level, but that is at least held in check by the small amounts of students affected. And local school boards are more easily checked and corrected than people within a federal department. Even under our "old" system, text books were heavily politicized and the adoption process lead to a watering down of curriculum rather than an improvement...how much more true is that when the contracts are being competed for at the national level where there are even more special interest groups lobbying for their specific agenda? I agree. There is obviously the possibility of corruption at the local level, but that is at least held in check by the small amounts of students affected. And local school boards are more easily checked and corrected than people within a federal department.

Even under our “old” system, text books were heavily politicized and the adoption process lead to a watering down of curriculum rather than an improvement…how much more true is that when the contracts are being competed for at the national level where there are even more special interest groups lobbying for their specific agenda?

]]> By: TheBizofKnowledge http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11292 TheBizofKnowledge Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:18:24 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/25/department-of-education-ignored-law-and-ethics-in-reading-program/#comment-11292 I can't really say that I'm surprised by the results of this internal audit. It seems that the Reading First program never had a chance to succeed, what with the rampant corruption and missteps usually found in federally funded initiatives. I can’t really say that I’m surprised by the results of this internal audit. It seems that the Reading First program never had a chance to succeed, what with the rampant corruption and missteps usually found in federally funded initiatives.

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