Corrupt to the core, even when doing good
The latest Bush administration scandal involves the DOE and the NCLB related program, Reading First. Seems that the program director was a bit "ethically challenged". He stacked the deck with cronies and partisans. The Times has some details in, Audit Finds Education Department Missteps:
Maybe it's time for Bush to give this guy an award along with a "Heck of a job, Chris" send-off.
The audit found the department:The irony here is that the program in question, Reading First, has been widely praised, and the director was rigging the deck in favor of a program, Direct Instruction, that has many fans—including BOE candidate Boots Whitmer. These clowns can't even do a good deed without tainting it with incompetence, cronyism, and ethical lapses.
- Botched the way it picked a panel to review grant applications, raising questions over whether grants were approved as the law requires.
- Screened grant reviewers for conflicts of interest, but then failed to identify six who had a clear conflict based on their industry connections.
- Did not let states see the comments of experts who reviewed their applications.
- Required states to meet conditions that weren't part of the law.Tried to downplay elements of the law it didn't like when working with states.
Maybe it's time for Bush to give this guy an award along with a "Heck of a job, Chris" send-off.
2 Comments:
IMO, your swipe at Boots was uncalled for. Her daughter had great difficulty with reading, and Boots is understandably enthusiastic about a program that was a breakthrough for her daughter.
Swipe at Boots? Really, no. I mean it. DI is a program that can stand on its own merits. That this fool would have to resort to cronyism and deck-stacking is just plain pathetic.
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