Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Educated Reporter: Joel, Randi and me.

The Educated Reporter: Joel, Randi and me.

Joel, Randi and me.

When I reported in middle schools I always picked up stray notes off the floor. A highlight of my collection is a crumpled piece of loose-leaf that says in now-fading pencil:
ASHLEY VS. SARAH
THE BATTLE IS ON

I keep it above my desk and couldn’t help but look at it when Jane Hannaway asked me to moderate a teacher quality forum at the Urban Institute featuring Joel Klein and Randi Weingarten. Unlike a middle school catfight, however, this discussion will be enlightened and incisive, and will involve the principal’s office only insofar as the