A few weeks ago, Kevin Huffman was in the pages of the Washington Post, bemoaning the lack of education discussion during the Presidential campaign and offering thoughts about What America Needs To Do Next.
NOOOOOOOOOOO! Not Kevin Huffman, please NO. He single highhandedly dismantled decades of research on testing & assessment for special education in TN. He took back every penny of scholarship dollars from our state universities designated for preparing teachers and gave it to TFA. He's responsible for the teachers shortages plaguing our state for over a decade. He blamed the massive # of teacher retirements on naysayers ("change is hard" ya know). Anyone who remembers his reign of terror will understand why even the Republicans in the TN lege wanted him gone. TN today is the beta test for Project 2025 edu-privatization, vouchers & subsidized homeschooling. We would not be this far into this mess without Huffman laying the groundwork for dismantling our education system.
NOOOOOOOOOOO! Not Kevin Huffman, please NO. He single highhandedly dismantled decades of research on testing & assessment for special education in TN. He took back every penny of scholarship dollars from our state universities designated for preparing teachers and gave it to TFA. He's responsible for the teachers shortages plaguing our state for over a decade. He blamed the massive # of teacher retirements on naysayers ("change is hard" ya know). Anyone who remembers his reign of terror will understand why even the Republicans in the TN lege wanted him gone. TN today is the beta test for Project 2025 edu-privatization, vouchers & subsidized homeschooling. We would not be this far into this mess without Huffman laying the groundwork for dismantling our education system.