Kim Burkett went to Austin with her children to speak out for public schools and her community.
She noticed there were two different rallies. On one side of the building was a school choice rally, advocating for vouchers, attended by 30 people, including lobbyists.
On the other side were thousands of parents, students, grandparents, and educators.
Read her account. It gives a good portrait of the battle not only in Texas, but in many states.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
This PAT mom has it going on!
Remember this phrase:
“shiny distractors from the real message”.
We see and hear a lot of those.
Stay focused.
Stay on message.
Watch out for those that you to want to go down the rabbit hole of shiny distractors.
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Exactly–NOT staying focused & on message is what kaboshed the Occupy Movement. MY focus/message is “standardized” testing, & I say that if we stop it, the whole RTTT farce will crumble.
Parents & high school students: OPT OUT NOW! Teachers and administrators: REFUSE to give the tests!
Garfield H.S. can do it–so can EVERYONE!
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I marched … I marched … I marched … I marched … I marched … I marched … I marched … I marched … And I did so proudly.
So there were competing rallies on opposite sides of the Texas Capitol. Meanwhile, the good advice of David Mathews and the Kettering Foundation only makes its way to the LBJ Presidential library (one mile or four minutes northeast of the Capitol).
Shouldn’t the PTA help build the social capital necessary to implement broader and bolder?
No Textbook Answer: Communities Confront the Achievement Gap
http://kettering.org/videos/amendnclbnta/
http://kettering.org/videos/howforumsdiffernta/
Are the facilitators from the LBJ library as blundering (in NEPC’s opinion) as those from Public Agenda?
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Fixed link:
No Textbook Answer: Communities Confront the Achievement Gap
http://kettering.org/videos/amendnclbnta/
http://kettering.org/videos/howforumsdiffernta/
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Her anger and frustration are mine.
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