{"id":1707,"date":"2009-08-30T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T16:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2009-08-30T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T16:34:14","slug":"race-to-the-top-comment-sausage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?p=1707","title":{"rendered":"Race to the Top comment sausage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine from Chicago introduced me to the term <em>link sausage<\/em> as a blog entry that is not much more than a set of links. Here are links to various comments on Race to the Top (a tiny slice of the well-over-thousand comments submitted):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a0f3f3&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=msw8\">National Education Association<\/a> (Word)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a16ec2&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">American Federation of Teachers (PDF)<br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a14e46&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">Learning Disabilities Association of America<\/a> (PDF)<\/li>\n<li>New Teacher Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a0f2bf&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">part 1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a14b27&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">part 2<\/a>) (both PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a154a8&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">Thomas Kane et al<\/a>. (PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a15d5d&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=msw8\">Forum on Educational Accountability (Word)<br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/search\/Regs\/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480a16631&amp;disposition=attachment&amp;contentType=pdf\">Charles Barone et al<\/a>. (PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I expected, others have started to chime in on the NEA comments. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/29\/opinion\/29sat2.html\">New York Times<\/a> took the comments as a sign of obstinance. Former Park Ridge Education Association president <a href=\"http:\/\/preaprez.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/23\/nea-speaks-up-finally\/\">Fred Klonsky wrote<\/a>, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While it seems to me that it is late in coming, the letter from Brilliant is well deserved, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shermandorn.com\/mt\/archives\/003067.html\">[Sherman] Dorn&#8217;s comments<\/a> notwithstanding, I think it reflects the views of the NEA membership. At least among those who have been following the debate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think that was my point: the comments reflected the views of a large slice of the NEA membership, but not in a productive fashion, and I fear that on balance it will harm the concrete interests of teachers (both in and out of the NEA) no matter how you want to define those interests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Note<\/b>: As Klosnky points out in comments, he&#8217;s not an ex-president (yet). The error is all mine in sloppy reading of his <a href=\"http:\/\/preaprez.wordpress.com\/about\/\">about page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine from Chicago introduced me to the term link sausage as a blog entry that is not much more than a set of links. 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