Also they get a lot of public ed money.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Fisher" <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Friday, March 4, 2011 12:21:58 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] ravitch talks to jon stewart
The only thing I remember along these lines is his saying that charter schools "aren't the problem," so he did seem to want to argue that while they aren't the solution, they aren't the problem, whereas I get the impression from Ravitch that she thinks they are very much a part of the problem, insofar as they distract us from solving the genuine problems.
But in general I got the feeling that he is actually pretty solid on (a) teachers getting a bad rap, and (b) teacher unions getting a bad rap. I may watch it again later, though, and see if I think differently.
And here's the link, for anyone intereted: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-3-2011/diane-ravitch
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> it seemed to me Stewart was more resistant than I expected... made me
> wonder
> if he's sending his kids to a charter school.
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I would link, but it's just aired and I think they wait until it airs on
> > the
> > west coast to post it?
> >
> > Anyway, nothing earth-shattering to this crowd, but still a good
> interview.
> > ___________________________________
> > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *********************************************************
> Alan P. Rudy
> Dept. Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
> Central Michigan University
> 124 Anspach Hall
> Mt Pleasant, MI 48858
> 517-881-6319
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>
___________________________________
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk