Jonah story makes it to the Washington Post.
July 11, 2011
Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post dedicated her column to the Edelman story today.
It’s not often that we hear education reformers bragging in public about how they got the better of a teacher’s union.
The reason the video is worth watching is because the details behind the campaign are fascinating and reveal how some modern school reformers work politically behind the scenes.
The video of the panel was posted by Fred Klonsky on his blog, giving it enough visibility to prompt Edelman to send to Klonsky a remarkable apology in which he says he was sorry that he sounded so arrogant.
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Jonah is sorry he sounded so arrogant, but he’s not sorry for what he did to education in Chicago. He’s probably quite proud of how he manipulated and maneuvered the union leadership out of their right to strike, their pensions, and their tenure. Saying he’s sorry for sounding arrogant just isn’t enough. There is no realization of the damage he has done.
No apology necessary when you are right. Thank’s Jonah