PinkDome - September 06, 2007 - Who the hell is Sandy Kress?

Sep 06

Who the hell is Sandy Kress?

He was Pres. George W Bush's senior adviser on the No Child Left Behind Act. (Well, that's a sure winner for a resume!)

Kress has been the most significant face for the education arm of the Governor's Business Council.(Uhm, say what?)

Kress chairs the Governor's Commission for a College-Ready Texas. (Oh, so is college ready tie in to all of those dropout rates we've heard about?)

Then there's the other aspect of Kress’ personality that education groups and lobbyists often mention. Kress often is perceived as inflexible and out of touch with the day-to-day details of school operations.

All that was taken entirely out of context from the Quorum Report...and by out of context, I mean from the facts.

Robert Scott's name isn't being mentioned as much as I would think as a permanent replacement over at the TEA. Maybe he's just not ambitious enough. You know, maybe he actually thinks about policy and how to improve education. If that's true we all know he's doomed.

PinkDome at 8:50 AM

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