Fred Klonsky’s PREA Prez Blog

Hanging out with the bad kids.

Sara Mead, who guest-blogged for Andy Rotherham’s Eduwonk is talking about somebody. I wonder who?

Rhetoric about education and social justices isn’t enough—particularly since that’s the very thing some of our audience find suspect. Liberal education reformers need to win hearts and minds by engaging with reform-wary lefties and taking their concerns seriously—not just calling them union hacks or accusing them of not caring about kids. We need to engage in honest self-reflection and be willing to make changes in response to valid critiques from the left. We need to avoid allying with “friends” who undermine our credibility as proponents of social justice.