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Obama hit for comment on teachers
Educators, critics weigh reform
Ralph Z. Hallow (Contact)
Monday, February 16, 2009
President Obama's blunt but little-noted statement last week that bad teachers need to be fired and that some fellow Democrats resist real change in public schools has jolted educators and education critics alike.
"It was unusual for a Democratic president to say that," said Cynthia G. Brown, director of education policy for the liberal Center for American Progress. "I applauded when I watched him say it on television."
On the right, the surprise in some quarters was just as great.
"For any nationally recognized Democratic official, let alone a Democratic president, to bluntly talk about the need to remove teachers for poor performance is unprecedented," said Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute director of education policy studies.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/16/obamas-remark-on-teachers-unusual/