Two good friends of the UFT who do not always agree on matters educational — Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier — sat down for a series of conversations, and discovered that they agreed on a whole lot more than they originally thought. For their account of their conversation, and for some very interesting agreements on the state of education in New York City’s public schools, take a look at their account of their conversations, published in the latest Education Week.
In our humble opinion, what is important in these conversations is the respectful way these two distinguished eductaors engage each other, as much as it is what they have to say. Some prominent educational bloggers might learn a thing or two from them.
4 Comments:
1 Chaz
· May 24, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Let me remind you that it was your insinuation that I must have be a protector of perverts when I question you on what was “probable cause” when you defended the 90-day unpaid suspension by DOE. You knew full well that the union caved in by allowing OSI to determine “probable cause”. Maybe if you had answered my question honestly rather than insult me, the nastiness you claim is going on would not be an issue.
Look at yourself first before you claim about insults from others.
2 Kombiz
· May 24, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Chaz – I’m fairly positive that Leo is talking about Eduwonk, who’s sort of been on a spree against teachers unions for a while now and who is consistently wrong.
3 Chaz
· May 25, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Kombiz:
If what you say is true then I apoligize. Otherwise, my previous comments stand.
4 Leo Casey
· May 26, 2006 at 1:15 am
I know that hyperbole is the stock in trade, and that the more extreme the accusation the better, but it seems a little telling that this accusation comes without any direct quotation and citation.
Because there isn’t any.
There was a debate about the inclusion of a zero tolerance clause for serious sexual offenses in the contract, and I defended the inclusion of such a clause.