Mistaking Ed Politics for Ed Philosophy
Philosophy
1. The study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience
2. A theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior
Last week on Twitter I got caught in the cross-fire of someone “twitter spewing” on Diane Ravitch. I won’t dignify the “spewer” by naming them here as they need more attention like Lady GaGa needs more publicity. But, the encounter was interesting for one point…the person’s insistence that Dr. Ravitch had “no educational philosophy”. Dr. Ravitch has been accused of not having a fully-formed education policy, (a charge I think is irrelevant) but that is much different than saying she has no education philosophy.
It was telling however, and says something about the mindset of reform-y types. They do not have an education