tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4213665489084148897..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Splitting HairsDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-72360496990279140922011-05-01T06:03:00.263-07:002011-05-01T06:03:00.263-07:00In answer to your final question, the language is ...In answer to your final question, the language is crucial when you're trying to contruct a red herring. The fact is that Christie and Co. are desperate to keep the discussion limited to abstracts like "system" wherein they can make any claims they want.<br /><br />Once they have to deal in "though and efficient" for the children, they're faced with unfortunate numbers like NJ's NAEP ranking, NJ's AP stats, and NJ's spectacular success with closing the achievement gap.<br /><br />We can't have those stats being publicized. That only puts our Commissioner of Education in the uncomfortable position of claiming that such stats "don't matter."<br /><br />I wish I could say that such logical fallacies were the "new reality," but they were standard operating procedure for the Bush admin under Karl Rove, and it's clear that Christie learned his lesson well under Rove's tutelage.<br /><br />All you can do is call Christie out for his attempts to shift the conversation from topics he doesn't like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com