Arne Duncan and his Audience with Arts Education

Agreed.

While I can't recall exactly how the question was asked, it was presented in such a super highly respectful way that I thought it became obscured. I have often felt that our field is just a bit too grateful during these types of events. It's great to be respectful and appreciative of the a public official doing his or her job by meeting with one of their consituencies, but I think we overdo it, and in a way, it illuminates some of the immaturity of the field.

I've done it myself, believe me, when I should have asked one question of a superintendent, but asked another, or by the time I finished thanking the official, the point was already lost.

Richard, I would have asked the same question, and while the question was attempted, it was essentially skirted. Quite frankly, the conference call sounded a lot more like a 30 minute infomercial than the give-and-take most of us expected.