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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Ms. Katie's Ramblings: A "Kerfuffle" to Cover Education Reform's Greatest Secret

Ms. Katie's Ramblings: A "Kerfuffle" to Cover Education Reform's Greatest Secret:


A "Kerfuffle" to Cover Education Reform's Greatest Secret

I am completely baffled by the recent "kerfuffle" on twitter and the blogosphere regarding the remarks of first Diane Ravitch and then later CTU president Karen Lewis regarding the tragedy in Newtown. EdReformers of all kinds are simply "outraged" over, well I'm not exactly sure, since it's not about what both Ravitch and Lewis actually wrote  Honestly, I'm too tired of this silliness to write it out in full here so please see what the great Jersey Jazzman said here and here as well as Peter Hart's piece on this insanity.)

It all started on twitter with David Rosenberg, a TFA vice president, who was absolutely shocked at the "reprehensible" language that Diane Ravitch used by mentioning the words "union" and "tenure" in her tribute to Sandy Hook teachers.
Originally from Kenzo Shibata, found on Jersery Jazzman's blog


As a business school graduate with plenty of experience in education PR and "Online Strategy" I imagine Rosenberg had a very specific goal in mind with his initial tweet.  He is