The Black Agenda Report has a right-on, devastating report on what's being widely referred to as the "3 Stooges Tour" - Arne Duncan's national ride-around with Newt Gingrich and Rev. Al Sharpton:

"Despite a decade of hard sell by right wing think tanks, foundations, and big media, the American people have not bought the corporate version of school reform. Most people just don't believe public schools should be privatized or militarized, or operated by business people like businesses instead of by educators, parents and communities in the interests of children, parents and communities, like the best schools always have been run. And most educators doubt that high stakes testing improves educational outcomes in any meaningful way.

Check it out, and don't miss the great interview with Substance's George Schmidt.