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Friday, August 19, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama should have walked over to the Whaling Church last night

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Obama should have walked over to the Whaling Church last night

Obama should have walked over to the Whaling Church last night

I wish I could have been there. I wish Pres. Obama and Michelle would have made it over to the 1787 Old Whaling Church in Martha's Vineyard last night as well. The Post's coverage makes last night's panel sound simply like a well-deserved verbal spanking of test-and-punish Michelle Rhee by Diane Ravitch. Rhee's singular focus on bad teachers always pales in comparison to Ravitch's broader social critique.

Harvard prof Lawrence Bobo
Unfortunately, you have to scan this morning's