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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: That Divide Among Democrats on Education? Widening.

Seattle Schools Community Forum: That Divide Among Democrats on Education? Widening.:


That Divide Among Democrats on Education? Widening.

DFER Fake Democrats for Education Privatization (click on Picture)
IT IS A RULE:
YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST PEOPLE AND
FOR CORPORATIONS AND
CALL YOURSELF A DEMOCRAT...
EVER!
Rep. Reuven Carlyle has come out on his blog with a post that firmly aligns him in the ed reform camp.  This is his choice to make but it is not what I have heard from him in the past.   He also says some very unfair things and uses straight-out-of-the-book ed reform jargon.  (Seems he's starting getting the daily faxes from Stand on talking points.)

I predict this divide is going to really be sharply felt next legislative session.  I think it is going to make for some really hard feelings (and hard choices) for many Democrats, both voters and elected officials.  But frankly, so be it.  I just wish that the ed reform side had the courage and courtesy to make some real acknowledgments about the other side - the "there are plenty of other things we can do" side.

But I just want to go through Carlyle's piece and point out a few things:

He completely echoes Nick Haneur on many points and I suspect these are the new talking points that are being