Your school may not be able to have a parade, but my blog can! Costume nominations end Monday, October 22 at midnight.
My new favorites are Eli Broad as Mr. Burns from the Simpsons, Bloomberg as the Emperor, Joel Klein as Darth Vader, Broad as Jar Jar Binks, and Maggie S. as a giant bar of Ivory soap; old favorites include Randi Weingarten as a teacher, Roland Fryer as Willie Wonka, George Bush as Voldemort, Steve Barr walking a pet pig (remarkable explanation available here), and Joel, Mike, Eli, Bill, and Andy as a boy band. Also, in honor of the pending NCLB reauthorization, I've decided to add Rod Paige - nominate away.
1) Randi Weingarten
2) Joel Klein
3) Michael Bloomberg
4) Paul Vallas
5) Bob Herbert
6) Roland Fryer
7) George Bush
8) Andy Rotherham
9) Michelle Rhee
10) Bill Gates
11) Eli Broad
12) Wendy Kopp
13) Steve Barr
14) Alexander Russo
15) Margaret Spellings
16) Rod Paige
28 comments:
1) joel klein
2) michael bloomberg
3) randi weingarten
andy rotherham
How about Paul Vallas?
Dont' forget Roland Fryer... he will be dipping into his bag of goodies for all little children who do their homework
bob herbert - jekyll and hyde, anyone?
Alex Russo at Education Week
How about Michelle Rhee? Perhaps dressed as Moses.
Bill Gates
Eli Broad
Wendy Kopp
Steve Barr
Don't leave out Andres Alonso, having such success in Baltimore.
eduwonk and alex russo - peas in a pod? britney and kevin federline?
andy and alex, don't be mad - i love you both.
Roland Fryer should be Willie Wonka, and Bloomklein should both be Oompaloompas!!!!
Wendy Kopp as Uncle Sam, as in "I want YOU for the TFA army!"
paul vallas as the wizard of oz. i am a teacher in chicago and that's the way we see him here.
Bush as Voldemort; Spellings as Professor Umbridge (Ministry employee who takes over Hogwarts in #5 and only cares about testing)
Roland Fryer as homo economicus, with a calculator in one hand and a fistful of cash in the other.
randi weingarten should be a teacher - she needs a dose of reality about how the classroom works.
Joel Klein as Darth Vader; Bloomberg as the Chancellor; Eli Broad as JarJar Binks.
Eli Broad, Andy Rotherham, Joel Klein, Michael Bloomberg, and Bill Gates as New Kids on the Block or N'Sync.
Joel Klein as Dr. Evil, with Jim Liebman as Mini-Me and Kristen Kane as Frau Farbissina.
Andy Rotherham as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
For all of the mischief she causes, Maggie just isn't iconic. The best I can come up with is the character Tracy Flick from the novel/movie "Election," which is way too esoteric. How about Bluto from the Popeye comics, as in "Bluto harasses Olive until Popeye, under the influence of spinach, whomps his butt and saves the day, then sings his song." Eduwonkette can be Popeye.
Margaret Spellings as a giant bar of Ivory soap. (Re her claim last year that NCLB is "99.9% pure".)
1) Eli Broad as Mr. Burns from Simpsons
2) Randi Weingarten as the Wicked Witch
3) Wendy Kopp as a teacher
Paul Vallas is obviously Alex Rodriguez - inconsistent results and overpaid.
On the baseball theme - Bloomberg as Steinbrenner.
rod paige should be a football coach - oh wait, he was...
Rod Paige as Armstrong Williams. Or is it Armstrong Williams as Rod Paige?
Since Secretary Margaret Spellings has visited both Paris AND Moscow this week, I think that she should dress up as a "Sputnik." ;)
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