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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Marie Corfield: Debunking Reformy Logic One Tweet At A Time Part 3

Marie Corfield: Debunking Reformy Logic One Tweet At A Time Part 3:

Debunking Reformy Logic One Tweet At A Time Part 3



This one's personal

As I reported in Part 1 of this series, I recently got into a Twitter debate with Laura Waters, Derrell Bradford and Ryan Hill which turned into an all-day affair, with Save Our Schools NJ, Jersey Jazzman and a few other pro-public education advocates chiming in. It all started with this Tweet:


It was a 3-pronged discussion focusing on:
  1. Part 1: Waters' continuous, illogical reasoning 
  2. Part 2: Hill's assertions that:
    - charter schools are underfunded compared to district schools
    - every child should have choice but only when that choice is a charter school
  3. And here Part 3: Bradford's assertions that:
    - I'm a teacher, therefore I am not an expert on public education
    - I'm a white, suburban woman so I should "say nothing"

Who is Derrell Bradford?

Currently the executive director for the 'reformy' group, NYCAN (The New York Campaign for Achievment Now), his previous stints include two 'reformy' NJ shops: the billionaire-funded Better Education for Kids (B4K), and Excellent Education for Everyone (E3).

Bradford's 'reform' pedigree also includes many public speaking gigs including one 
Marie Corfield: Debunking Reformy Logic One Tweet At A Time Part 3: