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Bush Foundation Ignores It’s Own Nazi Baiter in Zeal to Criticize Diane Ravitch | Scathing Purple Musings

Bush Foundation Ignores It’s Own Nazi Baiter in Zeal to Criticize Diane Ravitch | Scathing Purple Musings:


Bush Foundation Ignores It’s Own Nazi Baiter in Zeal to Criticize Diane Ravitch

Like most ed reformers, Foundation for Excellence in Education writer Mike Thomas reponds reflexively to anything education historian Diane Ravitch says. Today Thomas latched onto a recent post Ravitch made in her blog. Writes Thomas:
Diane Ravitch has hit a new low in the hyperbole she allows on her blog site.
This was written about charter schools:
“But the privatizers declared war on our schools, our kids, our teachers, our parents and our taxpayers.
“We didn’t start this war, any more than Poland in 1939. But we must fight back. And ultimately, emerge victorious.
“And when you’re in a war, and you’re defending the lives of your community, unfortunately, nuance