Responding to recent rejection of his education policies by the NEA and seven prominent Civil Right organizations, President Obama said the problem is us. He spoke today to the national meeting of the Urban League.
Mr. Obama, in his speech before the 100th anniversary convention of the National Urban League, acknowledged “some controversy” about his education initiative, which he attributed partly to “a general resistance to change, a comfort with the status quo.” But he chose the civil rights organization as his audience to address specifically the complaints of minority groups that schools and teachers in impoverished communities and inner cities will be unfairly neglected in the competition to meet higher standards and the drive to impose accountability for students’ standardized test results.
“Our goal isn’t to fire or admonish teachers,” Mr. Obama said.
Where did we ever get that idea?
Fred Klonsky 
Didn’t Pogo Possum already say that?