Is it “all about the kids” (and what that might mean)? — Take Two (in relation to ULGM and Madison Prep) | AMPS

Is it “all about the kids” (and what that might mean)? — Take Two (in relation to ULGM and Madison Prep) | AMPS:

Is it “all about the kids” (and what that might mean)? — Take Two (in relation to ULGM and Madison Prep)

by Thomas J. Mertz

Note: This image is not from either of the films mentioned, but from another charter school lottery. For reasons that should be clear from the post, I selected a picture where the indiividuals are difficult to identify.

Frankie Beverly & Maze, “Joy and Pain” (click to listen or download)

This is Take Two in a series. Take One, with a fuller introduction, can be found here. Briefly, the idea of the series is to counter anti-teacher and anti-teachers’ union individuals and “reform” groups appropriation of the phrase “it is all about the kids” as a means to heap scorn and ridicule on public education and public education employees by investigating some of the actions of these individuals and groups in light of the question “is it all