The L.A. Times Does Not Appear To Understand What “Irony” Means
Yesterday, I posted about the Los Angeles Times decision to publicly rank 11,500 more teachers (seeL.A. Times Releases Their Ratings Of 11,500 More Teachers Today). In their article announcing the new rankings, the paper wrote about a letter they received from leaders of the LA Unified School District, Chamber of Commerce and other groups asking them not to publish their analysis of each teacher.
Today, Alexander Russo (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: he writes a “must-read” blog) asked the Times for a copy of the letter, but the paper refused because of privacy concerns: “”The letter is not a public document and