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BumRushDaShow

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16. You are naive if you think that local efforts are fruitless

Reply to Squinch (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 05:20 AM

Apr 2014

and folks must deliver themselves to a conservative opportunist to "speak" for them. That's the problem with "armchair activism". Looking for someone ELSE to do for you.

Here in Philly, hundreds participated a protest run to send a message to the state and this will now be a monthly endeavor -

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Protesters-Run-Around-Philly-School-District-Headquarters-254026831.html

Change must come from the bottom up, not from someone trying to sell a book -

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Philadelphia-Coalition-Advocating-for-Public-Schools/566041843412512

"National" is meaningless (see the Gun Control fiasco) when not enough "people" at the local levels are engaged, and Ravitch left alot of bodies in her wake that have many people in the largest cities eschewing her sudden, opportunist change of professed views.

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Ravitch: Opt Your Child Out of State Testing: Don't Feed the Machine [View all] eridani Apr 2014 OP

How realistic is opting out? Are there repercussions? n/t cui bono Apr 2014 #1

Just another example of class warfare sarge43 Apr 2014 #2

This isn't about opting out of public education. This is about opting out of the Squinch Apr 2014 #10

Ravitch, the destroyer of Multicultural education, needs to bow out. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #3

Because constant testing especially helps minorities eridani Apr 2014 #4

I am anti-useless testing but BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #5

She changed her mind. Criticism is far more effective coming from former supporters n/t eridani Apr 2014 #7

She's a professional opportunist and she found herself some marks to beguile. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #8

Ravitch, the most effective voice against the privitization and corporatization of schools, needs to Squinch Apr 2014 #11

Ravitch, the most effective progandist of herself. BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #12

Don't look now, but there IS no one else speaking out effectively for public education. Squinch Apr 2014 #13

Local public school advocates and teachers unions are fighting BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #14

Quick, off the top of your head, name the next most well known person fighting for public education. Squinch Apr 2014 #15

You are naive if you think that local efforts are fruitless BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #16

No one ever said local efforts were fruitless. Nor is anyone letting anyone speak for them. Squinch Apr 2014 #18

Thanks for posting this, Eridani. diddlysquat Apr 2014 #6

I can't tell if she's right or wrong. Igel Apr 2014 #9

"A music teacher may be found "ineffective" based on the school's math scores. This is madness. " Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #17