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Sunday, October 20, 2013

It’s My Anniversary, But I Won’t Stop Fighting Your Reforms Until the Sun Sets on Your #ReignOfError | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates

It’s My Anniversary, But I Won’t Stop Fighting Your Reforms Until the Sun Sets on Your #ReignOfError | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates:

It’s My Anniversary, But I Won’t Stop Fighting Your Reforms Until the Sun Sets on Your #ReignOfError

Dear Bill and Melinda,
It’s my 20th wedding anniversary today, but on a day when I ought to be celebrating — just like every day — I found myself talking to my husband about the damages of your corporate reforms.  I found myself encouraging friends to critique your interview inEducation Week, Melinda.  I found myself Tweeting edgy videos of satire made for reformy resistance and using Facebook to pass on a petition to ask John King in New York to resign.  I found myself making memes to encourage resistance to your reforms.  This was not part of my life plan.  This was not how I dreamed I would spend my 20th wedding anniversary. But I won’t stop fighting your reforms until the sun sets on your “Reign of Error”. 
What about the hopes and dreams of America’s public school children and their teachers?