The about-face from the Gates Foundation seems like a great opportunity for Gov.-elect Perdue to ditch some Easley spending programs. No?
This time the focus isn’t on the structure of public high schools but on what’s inside the classrooms: the quality of the teaching and the relevance of the curriculum. It steers smack into some of the biggest controversies in American education – tying teacher tenure and salaries to performance, and setting national standards for what is taught and tested.
