The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
David S. Broder / Syndicated columnist When educational concepts confront classroom realities WASHINGTON — It took me a while to catch up with her, but I got to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings just before she left town for vacation last week. I was pursuing her because of an extraordinary outpouring of e-mails and other messages from teachers and principals — triggered, I'm afraid, by a column in June in which I'd questioned the educators' commitment to the goal of improving school... Sign in to see full entry.