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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

School Tech Connect: The New Messaging

School Tech Connect: The New Messaging:


The New Messaging

Glen Brown has a nice post up illustrating the very recent tone change in the messaging from TRS. Over the years, TRS has educated the state with wonderful articles and letters to the editor, correcting the factual errors and false narratives that are constantly being put forth by interested parties.

Mainly these pieces were written by TRS's Dave Urbanek, but Dick Ingram was writing them too, until recently, when he unilaterally announced "the new reality." I'm not sure there's been a complete cessation of the old truth-telling, but I do scan the internet every day for something from Dave Urbanek, and aside from the excellent piece on the economic impact of the TRS throughout the state, I believe the other messages have stopped.

As far as I know, nothing has really changed in terms of the accuracy of the old Urbanek pieces. What's