If tweeting is an art, Weingarten is no Picasso. She’s barely a George W.
By Editor's Pick May 17, 2013 10:34 am
Reblogged from Fred Klonsky: “Tweeting is an art.” Randi is to Twitter as George W is to painting. The trouble all began when American Federation of Teachers President issued a statement in support of the We Are One/Cullerton bill. The…
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Morning Video: Finland Uber Alles
By EdVoices April 22, 2013 9:30 am
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This 2010 video of Finnish education minister Pasi Sahlberg comes courtesy of Chicago's Mike Klonsky.
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@john_merrow blames teachers’ unions as potential “creator” of Rhee. Hmm.
By Editor's Pick April 19, 2013 5:16 pm
Diane Ravitch reported this. Then, Fred Klonsky got in on it, who should be respected for his positions on teachers’ unions. Merrow made his comments thusly: And finally U created her. “U” is my shorthand for teacher unions. This is simple…
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Charts: Even Cody and Klonsky Don’t Overlap Much
By EdVoices March 28, 2013 12:45 pm
It's not much of a surprise that Michelle Rhee and Diane Ravitch followers don't overlap much, but Klonsky and Cody?
They only share 16 percent of the same followers, according to a piece by Mike Petrilli from a little …
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Power Comes From Everywhere: Hearing the Sound of Resolute
By Editor's Pick February 3, 2013 1:25 am
Keith and Cenk left MSNBC. They uncovered the stories beyond the allowable corporate dictum. And these two became marginalized from cable television and a larger viewership. I was up on a friend’s farm in Squamish, B.C., Canada a long time …
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Quotes: Governor Accuses Teachers Of Emailing On Public Dime
By EdVoices December 4, 2012 10:14 am
That's Mitch Daniels at last week's Jeb Bush event, talking about the campaign to oust his state superintendent. Via Esquire… via Klonsky
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Leadership: Reform Zombies Or Untrained Rookies?
By EdVoices October 15, 2012 2:50 pm
It seems to me that reform critics want to have it both ways when it comes to the Broad Superintendents program — claiming at various times that (a) everyone who's participated in the program has been brainwashed into some sort …
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A Call to Reclaim the Banner of Reform
By Editor's Pick October 2, 2012 9:43 am
My Dear Deb,
While I appreciate a good debate I can’t let you put me in the position of being regarded as anti-teacher or anti anti-teacher union. I have too long a history of defending teachers and their unions in …
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What Bothers Me, Pedro …
By EdVoices September 27, 2012 9:27 am
Dear Pedro,
Since I’m not in the city often enough to drop into your office for a chat, this will have to do instead. You know that I love an argument, so I’m glad you ended your first column with …
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Media: Who’s On — And Off — The 2012 Klout List
By EdVoices August 24, 2012 3:17 pm
The first rule of Klout is that Klout makes no sense and that anyone who brings it up automatically loses. For example, I'm #17 on this year's version, up six spots from last year, but USA Today's Greg Toppo isn't even …
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