A “Bad Air Day” for Alter
Every so often I step back to see what staunch proponents of “corporate reform” are saying now. Maybe there’s new evidence? Maybe I’ve missed some critical research validating the privatization of public education or some new study on merit pay that supersedes a multitude of others stating that merit pay doesn’t work.
Perhaps a political pundit can enlighten me on what’s best for public education?
A corporate reformer would get an earful from the vast untapped resource of involved parents on the front lines. I’ve absorbed a great deal working alongside conscientious teachers and principals on real world issues, or while leading PTAs, or while voting on budgetary issues facing School Advisory Boards.
Wanting to increase my knowledge of corporate reform initiatives, therefore, I tuned in to Dave Sirota’s DenverJune 8th talk show.
Sirota featured a widely promoted debate between two opposing views on education reform. On one side, Bloomberg News journalist, Jonathan Alter, and on the other, education historian and former Assistant Secretary