Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Jan 08, 2010 Comments Off on An Open Letter To Those Praising The Recently Signed “Race To The Top” Legislation
LETTER TO
PUBLIC OFFICIALS PRAISING RACE TO THE TOP LEGISLATION
January 8, 2010
Dear Race To The Top Passage Enthusiast:
I recently saw your public statement proclaiming the great
victory for California in the passage of "Race To The Top"
education legislation, that brings our state’s laws in compliance
with federal guidelines, and making our state eligible for hundreds
of millions of federal tax dollars.
On the micro level, I agree that this legislation positively
impacts California’s education system — the substance of its
contents are largely positive. At this level, it’s good that
we passed it — and pleasant to see it pass over the objections of
the California Teachers Association labor union.
That said, I ask you and all of my friends to consider that at
the macro-level, the "Race To The Top" legislation passed out of
Washington, D.C., represents the worst form of federal meddling
into issues out of its purvey. Federal interference with
state and local issues has… Read More