An Open Letter to NBC re this year’s Education Nation
Date: August 30, 2011
to: Steve Capus (President, NBC News) and Brian Williams (Anchor and Managing Editor, Nightly News)
Subject: Education Nation
Dear Mr. Capus and Mr. Williams: Thank you for dedicating substantial attention to the issue of public education, and for scheduling several days of programming this fall to this critical issue, as you did last fall, under the name of “Education Nation.”
However, we were very concerned that last year’s “Education Nation” contained a paucity of parent viewpoints, and we fear that this critical omission will reoccur. As far as we know, not a single public school parent participated in any of the numerous panels that NBC and MSNBC assembled last fall.
Public school parents are the primary stakeholders of our public school system, with the most at stake in the success or failure of our children’s schools. Our voices and viewpoints are crucial to a balanced discussion of the issues. We believe that at least one
