Sunday, September 22, 2013

9-22-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online:






Brian Lehrer Hearts Campbell Brown: A Play in One Act
Leonie Haimson: Lehrer seems eager to get the views of people like Campbell Brown.Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer)9/20/13, 9:41 AM@campbell_brown would love to have you join in this afternoon if you're free. #30IssuesChatDiane Ravitch: Who is Campbell Brown? Leonie Haimson: Campbell Brown is a former TV reporter married to Dan Senor (who used to work for Bush); Senor is a board member for Students


Thanks to General Diane Ravitch for the Shout Out on Preaching to the Choir
Is Diane Ravitch the George Washington of the educational revolutionary wars? Can we call it World War D (for Deform)? Can we get Max Brooks to write that story?As I would expect Diane Ravitch took the point I was trying to make in my column this week in The Wave about and extended it to a place I myself wasn't clear about. Preaching to the choir is very needed - to keep up the morale of the troop
9-20-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Bill Thompson "Tone Deaf" Campaign Deficiencies Exposed in NY Times...and UFT support shows how tone deaf they are. David Chen in the Times reported the other day - A very revealing article on Bill Thompson's faults and failures -- all of which were not noted by the equally tone deaf UFT.Mr. Thompson never articulated a clear message. “Muddled” was a word used by many. H