“Not a good move, Mr. Duncan” and Smooth Move Gregoire
While we’re still on the subject of the billionaire boyz attack on Dr. Ravitch, there is a great post by a teacher, Martha Infante that is a great read.
Here is an excerpt regarding a statement that was made by Arne Duncan about Diane Ravitch.
It would not be the first time that Mr. Duncan spoke off the cuff and showed the public a brief look into the true machinations of his corporate mind. This is the same secretary that believed Hurricane Katrina was the “best thing to ever happen to New Orleans schools.” Now Arne Duncan feels he can disparage the foremost expert on education history, using a personal attack to distract from the facts she brought to light.
Not a good move, Mr. Duncan.
You see, while trash-talking may be an effective method in the NBA, in academia it is perceived as a simple vehicle to distract from the debate at hand. We the teachers, the academics, see through this. Classroom teachers especially have fine-tuned their BS detection skills with years of