In sum, I don't disagree. :)
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:18 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Charter schools not only distract, they confuse.
>
> 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.
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