John Merrow to America's Teachers: Trust Vulture Philanthropy
John Merrow will reliably parrot any corporate education scheme whose promoters will give him a spot on the stage from which to do so in a way that makes whatever fool notion he is being paid to hawk seem like his own. From a recent self-promoting ad that introduces one of his info-tisement post at HuffPo:
Two quick notes before we blog: I'll be appearing live in conversation with Dave Levin of KIPP and Eva Moskowitz of Harlem Success Academy. This event, a discussion about the charter movement, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 21 in NYC. If you can make it, we'd love to see you there. Tickets are going fast -- so get yours here.The post goes on to promote a new educators' "faith" in technology in order to solve the cheating problem that,
And as always, remember that my February 2011 book The Influence of Teachers is for sale at Amazon.