You may recall that I wrote about a “brilliant and hilarious” article that compared Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Mitt Romney and found them to be strange bedfellows.
The cartoon that illustrated the article showed them joined at the hip.
Well, if you don’t remember, please read it again. It’s funny scary.
I neglected to mention the name of the writer of the article in The Chicago Reader. His name is Ben Joravsky. (If you read the link I just inserted, you will understand the reason for this post.)
I often copy letters from readers and I am careful not to use their names because so many teachers are justly concerned about reprisals from stupid bosses.
But this writer had his name on his article and I should have mentioned it.
He is a really talented writer, and I hope he keeps writing about education.
Here’s a tip for Ben Joravsky. Follow the money. Follow the money that is promoting charter schools and for-profit virtual schools.
You remember (or maybe you don’t) the Groucho TV show. In every show, when he was interviewing people, the secret word would suddenly descend (I can’t recall why), and the studio audience loved it. The secret word when you are investigating education these days starts with a P (privatization).
You write it. I’ll read it. And I’ll never forget to give credit where credit is due!
When the duck came down with the secret word, the person won $100 dollars
Thanks, I knew there was a reason! I forgot!
And $100 was a lot of money in the 50s.
Forgot to add that the person during the interview had to say the secret word.
I know this is off topic from the post, but the big education news in Florida today is that the state DOE has botched school grades in 40 out of the 67 school districts. (These do not include high school grades that are released in the fall due to the inclusion of graduation rates). This resulted in school grades going up a notch on the A-to-F system.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-20/features/os-school-grade-changes-20120720_1_school-grades-district-grade-school-districts
Giving grades to schools is ridiculous. A report card, ok. But a single letter grade? stupid.
The other secret “p” word is profit.