Listen here for a good interview about the Chicago teachers strike.

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David Kaib says:

September 11, 2012 at 2:24 pm

This link is broken (the address includes the address for this post). Should be bit.ly/2Q2h39

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learningfirst says:

September 11, 2012 at 2:27 pm

A great interview by Chris Hedges here, too: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/11/chris_hedges_dems_owe_chicago_public

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Brian Cullnan says:

September 11, 2012 at 3:04 pm

Do you know of any educator from Chicago who could run the district in a fair manner?

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Stu says:

September 11, 2012 at 3:13 pm

Great responses, Diane. Too bad a larger audience doesn’t hear this…We should all do what we can to publicize this…

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Querculus says:

September 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm

I want to be here when the wall collapses!

(my favorite part of the interview. well said.)

May I survive the assault on public education here in Bridgeport, CT so that I may be here when it does.

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Kathy says:

September 11, 2012 at 4:11 pm

Terrific interview. You spoke eloquently on behalf of teachers and public education. I too wish that more people could have heard you explain what is happening across the nation. Wisconsin teachers thank you for explaining our cause. It is about children and resources for those children. It is about poverty and our poor responses to it. It is not primarily about teacher pay as is so widely reported. Thank you so much.

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lizhomer says:

September 11, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Privatization – capturing public money for businesses and corporations – isn’t that fascism? Isn’t this what FDR warned us about, turning over public functions to a small group of oligarchs?

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Miss Rim says:

September 11, 2012 at 5:51 pm

The strike in Chicago reminded me of an episode of This American Life from 2004, 10 years after “school reform” began in Chicago. It tells the story of one amazing public school who did a lot with very little. When “reform” began, the school culture deteriorated. This is a very moving account, and worth an hour to listen.

I have been writing This American Life to do a follow up to this story, or perhaps a series of episodes on school reform. I encourage the readers to do the same.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/275/two-steps-back

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Kathy1 says:

September 11, 2012 at 11:41 pm

Superb! What an excellent interview. I thought the call in questions were very good. Top notch, Diane!

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- dianerav says:
  
  September 11, 2012 at 11:46 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
  Diane
  
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Andrea says:

September 12, 2012 at 8:52 pm

Thank you for such an excellent analysis of the state of education in this country. You speak the words that teachers are desperate to have understood.

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