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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Really? We're Winning? It Doesn't Seem Like It

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Really? We're Winning? It Doesn't Seem Like It:

Really? We're Winning? It Doesn't Seem Like It

Reader Caroline commented on this post by Alexander Russo at This Week in Education (late December, 2011). It's a pretty funny lament over how the ed reformers can't seem to sell their message. These two lines made me laugh:

In contrast, reformy folks have lacked a SWAT team of feisty and prolific school-level champions defending articulating their message.

The now middle-aged reform movement seems to have relied on institutional and organizational voices -- Arne