John Rosemond: School reform is all wet

Courtesy Lifestyle  Tue, 06/02/2009 - 13:20

Public school reformers are like a fellow who scoops a bucket of water from one end of a swimming pool, carries it to the other end, dumps it back in, and then repeats the sequence endlessly, convinced he is making the latter end deeper.


 

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