Friday, September 7, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: The Progressive Education Narrative

Jersey Jazzman: The Progressive Education Narrative:


The Progressive Education Narrative

David Atkins of Hullabaloo wrote a post that those of us in the edu-blogosphere need to pay attention to. Atkins was invited to a small meeting of influential bloggers and activists at the Democratic convention with former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. What happened at this meeting is important: if we are ever going to mount a real defense against corporate reforminess, we need to get people like Dean and Atkins on board.

I'll deal with some specific points in a later post; Atkins's reporting is important enough that it deserves multiple looks. But right now, I want everyone in our orbit to listen to this and think about it very carefully:
My brother Dante asked about the image development problem, in which the unions are seen as