More lies from Tribune survey report
Thanks to Diane Ravitch for picking up and sharing yesterday’s post about the deceitful Tribune public education survey report.
Catalyst picked it up, too:
Catalyst picked it up, too:
CHARTER CHEERLEADERS: A survey commissioned by the Chicago Tribune and the Joyce Foundation finds widespread support—among parents of CPS students and other Chicagoans—formore charter schools in the city. However, Julie Woestehoff, of the group PURE, says the polling wasn’t exactly balanced.Well, here’s another whopper from today’s Tribune, which continues to tout their survey “findings”:
An impressive 6 in 10 (61.1 percent) favor a law that would empower parents to take control of a
Who’s scarier???
In addition to raising the specters of vouchers, parent triggers, and unchecked charter school expansion in its editorial pages, the Tribune warns that opposition to the school closings will only frighten children.
In the lead article, the Trib highlighted this quote from Chicago Community Trust CEO Terry Mazany: “As difficult and disruptive as these large-scale school closings will be, I am equally concerned with the negative repercussions this uncompromising opposition will have on children and families.”
And, in case we didn’t get it, Sunday’s editorial drove the point home:“Chicago Teachers Union officials threaten massive demonstrations and ‘civil disobedience’ to thwart those closings. That confrontational approach would make this process even more agonizing than it already is. It would frighten