The Washington Post raises questions about Arne Duncan's success in Chicago, including this quote from me:

(At his confirmation hearing) "Duncan said he is careful not to exaggerate his record. Critics, however, say his legacy is routinely overblown.

" 'There's been this rhetoric about dramatic gains, dramatic success, that we have to replicate this model because of its dramatic success,' said Julie Woestehoff of the advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education. 'And here in Chicago, we're looking at these schools and going, 'Uh . . . ' " 

I was disappointed with the rest of the article, given my understanding that the reporter was determined to get past CPS's usual media dog and pony show and look at what's really working in Chicago, like the Strategic Learning Initiatives programs. Instead, he wrote about violence being down and freshmen on track at Harper, the party line which ignores the 300 students pushed out of the school as part of the "turnaround."