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Former Riverside Teacher Grades Republican Proposals

LA School Report | July 16, 2013



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51df19db0b152 (1)There’s a new Congressman who used to teach at Rialto High School named Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), and he’s spending some of his time in Washington, DC marking up Dear Colleague letters with a red pen and sharing them with the public, according to a blog called HappyPlace:

“Included in his comments are some words we haven’t seen on a Congressional document in years, like “evidence,” as well as an awesome invitation to “come by my office” if “you don’t understand the bill.”

Rep. Takano also has a snarky Tumblr, There Will Be Charts, which looks like the place where the graded Republican papers first appeared online.

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