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Ed “reformers” throw Edelman overboard. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ed “reformers” throw Edelman overboard. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ed “reformers” throw Edelman overboard.

Ed Sector, a leading voice for education “reformers” have tossed Stand for Children’s Jonah Edelman overboard.

Talk about kicking a guy when he’s down.

Many self-styled reformers are now mortified by Edelman. Despite his self-renunciation, it is the first version of his comments that activist teachers and their advocates are seizing on as accurate. They seem to confirm their worst fears that all reform policies and legislation focused on improving teacher effectiveness are really just poorly disguised attacks on teachers unions by wealthy philanthropists

Audrey Soglin, the executive director of the Illinois Education Association, was