Roger Ebert remembers walking into a club on Armitage in 1970 and listening to some unknown folk singer, a mailman from Westchester, sing Sam Stone and Angel from Montgomery.
The New York Times business writer Joe Nocera wrote some major Joel Klein puffery yesterday. Gail Robinson deconstructs the bullshit.
New York is just another case of ed-ignorant business types being given the job of running urban schools. Although Black may be the most ed-ignorant so far.
There’s no point in linking to anything NJ Governor Christie says. It is all stupid.
And whatever happens next won’t support and encourage educators to get a spine. They need to scream bloody murder at stupid policy, reject inappropriate use of market forces, point out mainstream media educational naiveté, and demand that policymakers listen before serving up dysfunctional programs like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.
And when they do so and are dismissed as self-serving whiners who don’t want to be held accountable, they should take to the streets in protest. Marion Brady
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