Brill: Colorado a reform bellwether
Written by Charlie Brennan on Sep 26th, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
If Steven Brill needed yet another reminder about the passionate level of debate over education reform, he got one during a Denver radio appearance earlier this month.
As a guest Sept. 7 on David Sirota’s program on AM 760, KTLK, also known as “Colorado’s Progressive Talk,” Brill found himself in an hour-long contentious debate in which his host challenged him on some of the central assertions in his controversial new book, Class Warfare.
“Tell me when you’re finished, so I can talk,” Brill implored Sirota, more than once.
At one point, Sirota countered with “I’m part of this, you know. I don’t pretend to be a moderator. I’m part of this discussion here, whether you like it or not.”
Reflecting on that appearance in a recent interview with Education News Colorado, Brill expressed some lingering exasperation.
“He didn’t mention that his wife was a pro-union, anti-reform candidate for the board of education,” said Brill, who appeared on the show with New York-based