The group of reading specialists invited to present at the US Dept of Education's special meetings on reading (see http://susanohanian.org/outrage_fetch.php?id=698) look pretty much like the same gang that brought us Reading First, a program that failed every empirical test. The feds are really slow learners.
What's next for this administration?
Bernie Madoff as secretary of the treasury?
Sarah Palin as ambassador to Russia?
Rush Limbaugh as chair of the Democratic Party?
Or some basketball player with no teaching experience as secretary of education? (Wait, they did that already.)