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This Week In Education: Media: Ravitch Comparable To Krugman, Says Fordham

This Week In Education: Media: Ravitch Comparable To Krugman, Says Fordham

Media: Ravitch Comparable To Krugman, Says Fordham

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Making the case that Twitter is fast replacing traditional op-eds and even blog posts, Fordham's Mike Petrilli lists the top education Twitterers, divided into policy and teacher categories, based on both followers and Klout. His most eye-grabbing claim is that high-influence Tweeters like Diane Ravitch match that of mainstream columnists like Paul Krugman:

"Diane Ravitch’s Klout score of 73 makes her the most influential tweeter in education, and she’s on par or close to it with other opinion leaders,


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