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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

School Tech Connect: Camouflage in the Title

School Tech Connect: Camouflage in the Title

Camouflage in the Title

Jim Crown, speaking prior to Jonah Edelman...

"What happened in Illinois is a story of straightforward very rudimentary political activism. It could apply to things other than education.”


This week, I'm going to try to unpack Crown's preamble to Jonah Edelman's subsequent lucid "view to a kill" speech, but I think it's important to realize that there are a few things going on here.

1. This isn't solely about public education policy. This is how they're going to kill off everything they view as an "entitlement" for non-wealthy people.

2. The strategy will work across a range of issues: create a lot of momentum around a narrative, buy off key