Friday, May 17, 2013

Celia Oyler and Merryl Tisch. | Fred Klonsky

Celia Oyler and Merryl Tisch. | Fred Klonsky:


Celia Oyler and Merryl Tisch.

Merryl Tisch is the wealthy chairperson of the New York Board of Regents, which is responsible for most of the educational policies of the State University and public school systems
Celia Oyler is a professor of education at Teachers College at Columbia University.  We both were graduate students together at the University of Illinois at Chicago. At one time we shared teacher assistant teaching duties of undergraduates. I will admit that I stole most of my class activities from her.
She is among the most decent and humane a teacher as any student or colleague could ask for.
When something pisses her off, it is earned.
So when her employer, Teachers College, decided to award their Medal of Honor to the wealthy Merryl Tisch he