REPUBLICAN BABE ALERT!

From Eric Dondero:

Hanna Skandera (yes, that's her real name), has been nominated by New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez to head the Public Education Dept.

She is originally from Florida. She is also a former Fellow at the libertarian Hoover Institution at Stanford, California. Hoover.org

Skandera is known for taking a hard as nails approach to education.

From KOAT TV Abq.:

"We want more resources, but are resources the fundamental change agent? No, good teachers and good principals are, " Skandera said.

And on teacher performance:

"If a teacher is not bringing that growth and progress, we need to acknowledge it and say enough is enough," Skandera said.

She has been accused of being a free market reformer "ideologue."

From a column by Emanuele Corso in NMPolitics.net, "The problem with Skandera" March 17:

Hanna Skandera is a foot soldier in an ideological war taking place right now against working people – teachers and other unionized workers. This is the national agenda of the organizations she is and has been affiliated with. The children of New Mexico ought not be used as pawns in a national political strategy.

She is currently serving as Sec. Designate, but not yet ratified by the NM Legislature.