School Reform and the Michelle Rhee machine
“Weneed to say it's wrong, and if that doesn't work, engage in direct action, it'stime to organize, demonstrate, and agitate…” ~ Diane Ravitch, inSacramento 1/20/12
The Sacramento Bee has apromotion of Michelle Rhee this morning. Here are other viewpoints.
Diane Ravitch’s extraordinary visit to Sacramento on Friday,Jan. 20, left the 3000 people in attendance with a clear message of whatthose of us who care deeply about public education must do to stand up to and rejectthe privatization of our schools and the treatment of our children as commoditieswhose value is measured by “bubble tests.” Michelle Rhee, disgracedformer-chancellor of the Washington D.C. public schools and wife of Sacramentomayor Kevin Johnson, is the standard-bearer of the privateers, raising millionsof dollars through her organization, StudentsFirst, from the likes of the Koch Brosand Rupert Murdoch to advance an agenda of union-busting, school vouchersand public school give-aways to private interests. The nationalheadquarters of StudentsFirst happens to be located right here in Sacramento. Lori Jablonski. SacramentoTeacher.
See prior posts on Ravitch.
Cosmo Garvin. Sacramento News andReview. Jan.19, 2012,
Bill Gates too is spreading thegospel of more testing and technology in the classroom. Even President BarackObama is