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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Ravitch weighs in on the NEA TFA controversy. « Fred Klonsky

Ravitch weighs in on the NEA TFA controversy. « Fred Klonsky:

Ravitch weighs in on the NEA TFA controversy.

DVR and Kopp. Maybe not such an odd couple after all.

Education historian and leading critic of corporate education reform, Diane Ravitch, has weighed in on the controversial marriage (or maybe it was just a coffee date) of NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and Teach For America’s Wendy Kopp.

Prominent teacher-activists responded immediately to the USA Today editorial with outrage. Ken Bernstein, who blogs regularly for The Daily Kos, accused Van Roekel of betraying his members.

Anthony Cody, who blogs for Education Week, wondered why the NEA was