Teacher X Goes To The Mat

There is a serious smackdown of the whole Charter concept going on over at Teacher X.

Read the post in full here.

Money Quotes:

"Once again, if Urban Prep had their own building, I wouldn't be so outraged - but I am completely outraged at this quote. First of all, I ask the same question that I asked again - WHY IS HE THERE? What model is Duncan talking about? Overcrowded schools? 30 students in a classroom? Firing principals with principles and installing bureaucrats to do the boards dirty work? Since he is Daley's man, is he signaling that CPS is going to further Charterize the system? Where are all the "surplus" kids going to go? Eventually they are going to put kids in McCormick Place because they have nowhere else to go."

Snip...

"This whole dog and pony show over at Lindbloom is crazy. It's ridiculous and a parody of what responsible school administrators should be doing about the system that they are (unfortunately) adminstering."

Don't you wish your kid was in this person's classroom?