Bill Gates and Arne Duncan Agree to Debate Me!

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1. Betty says:

   April 1, 2014 at 10:41 am

   Sent from my iPad

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2. Dottie says:

   April 1, 2014 at 10:41 am

   Good one, Dr. Ravitch! I’m sure they are too afraid to debate you!

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3. patrickwalsh says:

   April 1, 2014 at 10:42 am

   Ah! You got me. Was really looking forward to it. A pity it is not to be.

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4. Janet says:

   April 1, 2014 at 10:58 am

   You got me! I was so excited. First thought, “those bullies” think they can take on Diane, but my money is on her! Ha ha ha, good one.

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5. Ohio Algebra II teacher says:

   April 1, 2014 at 10:59 am

   Raised my hopes…

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6. NYS Teacher says:

   April 1, 2014 at 11:07 am

   The honorable Governor Andrew Cuomo has been selected to be the honorary chairman of a national group of educational thought leaders.

   APRIL FOOL

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7. bbbbmer says:

   April 1, 2014 at 11:16 am

   polite chortle…

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8. Beth Bingham says:

   April 1, 2014 at 11:18 am

   AGH! You got me, Diane!

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9. Zulma, retired NYC math teacher says:

   April 1, 2014 at 11:22 am

   Oh no, I felt just like I went through an episode in the Groundhog Day movie. That’s a good April’s fool! You’re definitely a character.

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10. Jon Awbrey says:

    April 1, 2014 at 11:25 am

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11. Jon Awbrey says:

    April 1, 2014 at 11:36 am

    Fishfool Thinking Ru(l)es The Day …

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12. Dr. Charles Bickenheuser says:

    April 1, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Well, we can hope anyway; if only the debate would happen. . . . Happy April Fool’s Day to you too.

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13. robertmayne says:

    April 1, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    You totally got me there. I was all excited and wondering how I was going to get there! I should have known it was a joke…kind of like the Common Core, PARCC, VAM, edu-capitolists, EdReform. No longer laughing…starting to cry just thinking about how easy it was to make that list. Sadly could have continued…

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    • Colleen Huston says:

      April 1, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      Ha ha ! Very funny! Too bad it wasn’t real.

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    • Bob Shepherd says:

      April 1, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      Well said, Robert!

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14. David R Phillips says:

    April 1, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    Why would they want their sells pitch (lies) to be exposed?

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15. Bob Shepherd says:

    April 1, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    DYING of laughter here!!!!

    YUP. That’ll happen. . . .

    When “China and Africa meet,
    And the river jumps over the mountain
    And the salmon sing in the street,”

    When the ocean’s “folded and hung up to dry
    And the seven stars go squawking
    Like geese about the sky.”

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16. Wyatt Earp says:

    April 1, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Hah! I would like to see Arne Duncan agree to debate a 5th grader.

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17. Deborah says:

    April 1, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Too good to be true!

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18. maureenkeeney2013 says:

    April 1, 2014 at 2:50 pm

    Good one, Diane You had me!!:)

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19. Blind Noise says:

    April 1, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    Let’s see. How would this work? It would definitely have to be the two of them . . . unfair odds in Diane’s favor otherwise, but you can only count Arne as a half. Now then: I suppose Gates would have Arne all hooked up with an earpiece and some sort of glasses with computer screens on the inside, onto which Eva Moskowitz, Bill Philips, Chris Christie, and others could shoot him ideas. He would have to practice reading and then speaking the items; how amusing if someone hacked that . . .

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20. Blind Noise says:

    April 1, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    I would feel really badly for the Gates and Duncan families. They would find out Bill and Arne weren’t as smart as they thought . . . they would be ill-equipped to pass this test, as they do not have the properly implemented materials: truth and reality.

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21. Ken Watanabe says:

    April 1, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    Could be a couple of persons who got randomly selected from this blog or any group you like. They will be given a human suit to impersonate each to engage in a mock debate. Must be fun to watch.

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22. A. Mont says:

    April 1, 2014 at 7:32 pm

    They can’t handle you!!!!! Prophetic woman! Truthsayer!

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23. Marian Cruz says:

    April 1, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    If this were to take place, you’d have them stuttering.

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24. Lorraine Cooke says:

    April 2, 2014 at 10:55 am

    I would pay to hear that debate!!

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