A very twittery Thanksgiving, thanks to StudentFirst NY -- and some not-so thankful respondents
Michelle Rhee of StudentsFirst |
The New York chapter of the organization, StudentsFirst NY, run by Jenny Sedlis, formerly of Success Charter chain, makes similarly inflated claims of 150,000 members. Exaggerated assertions seem endemic to the organization. In recent testimony, SF organizer Tenicka Boyd maintained the organization has "talked to over 300,000 New Yorkers" to gauge their support for the corporate reform agenda of Common Core and more high-stakes testing.
Jenny Sedlis of StudentsFirst NY |
Despite any evidence of real grassroots support, these organizations do have a substantial budget and paid staff here in New York and across the nation, making it somewhat surprising that when they send out a message, the response is so overwhelmingly negative.
On Thanksgiving, this phenomenon was put in high