{"id":697,"date":"2009-09-23T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2012-07-16T23:27:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:27:56","slug":"susan-ohanian-says","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/?page_id=697","title":{"rendered":"Susan Ohanian says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan Ohanian, a winner of the George Orwell Award for ‘Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language’ has a web page – http:\/\/www.susanohanian.org<\/a> that is well worth visiting.\u00a0 Her Quotable Quotes are especially interesting.<\/p>\n

Here, she comments on a speech by Arne Duncan\u00a0[US Secretary for Education] \u00a0made to the IES on June 8, 2009. For an Australian focus, Duncan shares the same page as Julia Gillard, Brendan Nelson, Joel Klein, Barry McGaw\u00a0 and others, whose belief in the power of testing for reform purposes now dominates Australian schooling.\u00a0 Duncan said, “I am a deep believer in the power of data to drive decisions. Data gives us the road map to reform. It tells us where to go to, how to get to who is most at risk.”<\/p>\n

Susan, wickedly, supplies a recipe for cooking the data.<\/p>\n

Data Recipes:<\/div>\n
Al dente
\nAu juis
\n\u00e0 la carte
\n\u00e0 la king
\n\u00e0 la mode
\n\u00e0 la money<\/div>\n
Baked
\nBraised
\nBoiled
\nBeaten
\nButchered<\/div>\n
Canned
\nCurried
\nCreamed
\nChurned
\nCharred<\/div>\n
Diced
\nDeveined
\nDeglazed
\nDrained<\/div>\n
Flaked
\nFricass\u00e9ed
\nFondued
\nFrittered<\/div>\n
Iced
\nInfused
\nIrradiated<\/div>\n

Jellied
\nJulienne
\nJuiced<\/p>\n

Kneaded
\nMolded
\nMarinated
\nMacerated<\/p>\n

Overdone<\/p>\n

Peeled
\nParboiled
\nPoached
\nPur\u00e9ed
\nPickled
\nPressed
\nPinched<\/p>\n

Raw
\nRoasted
\nReduced
\nReconstituted
\nRefried<\/p>\n

Sliced
\nSauted
\nStewed
\nStuffed
\nSteamed
\nSkewered
\nSmeared
\nSucked Dry<\/p>\n

Toasted
\nTenderized
\nTruffled
\nTrussed
\nTriple Secced
\nTutti-fruittied
\nTossed<\/p>\n

Unleavened
\nUnsalted
\nUpside down caked<\/p>\n

Vinaigretted
\nVol-au-vented
\nVivisected<\/p>\n

Waffled
\nWall-eyed
\nWaxed
\nWoked
\nWhisked
\nWhipped<\/p>\n

With Carrot Sticks
\nOn rye
\nAnd a grain of salt<\/p>\n

With pomp
\nAnd circumstance<\/p>\n

Signifying
\nNothing<\/p>\n

Data Sightings
\napple-polisher
\nbackseat driver
\nbully
\nbulldozer<\/p>\n

Data
\ncarbon footprint
\nchopping block
\ncrying wolf<\/p>\n

Data
\ndead end
\ndumpster<\/p>\n

Data
\neat you alive
\nenvironmental impact statement<\/p>\n

Data
\nforeplay
\nflatulence
\nfall guy<\/p>\n

Data
\ngone bananas
\nhell in a handbasket
\ninterruptus<\/p>\n

Data
\njump to conclusions
\nknuckle under<\/p>\n

Data
\nled by the nose
\nlower the boom
\nmystery meat
\nmudsling
\nmiles per hour<\/p>\n

Data
\nneedle in a haystack
\nnutty as a fruitcake
\nnot worth the paper it\u2019s printed on<\/p>\n

Data
\nout to lunch
\nprotective services
\nquisling<\/p>\n

Data
\nradioactive decay
\nrat race
\nrules the roost<\/p>\n

Data
\nscapegoat
\nshowboat
\nscrew loose
\nsell you the Brooklyn Bridge<\/p>\n

Data
\ntoo pooped to pop
\ntsunami<\/p>\n

Data
\nunder a cloud
\nupchuck<\/p>\n

Data
\nvilification
\nvoodoo<\/p>\n

Data
\nwild goose chase
\nWaterloo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susan Ohanian, a winner of the George Orwell Award for ‘Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language’ has a web page – http:\/\/www.susanohanian.org that is well worth visiting.\u00a0 Her Quotable Quotes are especially interesting. Here, she comments on a speech by Arne Duncan\u00a0[US Secretary for Education] \u00a0made to the IES on June 8, … Continue reading Susan Ohanian says<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":779,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions\/1997"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primaryschooling.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}