Moms on the Loose: Pam and Carol Meet DFER
by pagrundy
Diane Ravitch’s headline said it all.
Two Moms Terrify DFER, Students First
If someone had asked you to describe the pair of women standing in bemusement at the corner of First and Tryon on Tuesday afternoon, I doubt that “terrifying” would have come to mind. True, our pencils were quite large, but they were made from pool noodles. We did have signs, but they bore the apple-pie slogans of “Trust Teachers” and “More Teaching, Less Testing” – words that had gotten us smiles and high-fives everywhere else we went.
Still, for the second time in two days, the organizers of an education-related event at the Democratic National Convention had refused to let us in.
What on earth were they afraid of?
The first refusal, at a Students First showing of the controversial movie “Won’t Back
