Founder/CEO of Center for Education Reform, Jeanne Allen, wrote an opinion piece on Tuesday titled, “Parents vs. The Blob.“
In this opinion piece, she puts some lovely words into my mouth:
“Shame on you for supporting a movie that sensationalizes locking kids in dark closets as ubiquitous ‘punishment,’ bellowed someone named Stephanie Rivera
When actually I said:
Wouldja look at that? It wasn’t me after all. And if you ask me, I don’t feel like my Tweets were very “venomous” or bully like.
But past the shoving of words into my mouth, she makes some other interesting claims:
Who are they and where did they come from? Responding to a decade of major, transformative changes in public education, The Blob helped organize a new group called Save our Schools (SOS). It masquerades as a parent effort to improve education but only backs reforms that the status quo embraces – more money and lower class size, neither of which has been shown to improve education. [emphasis my own]
What?
SOS chapters across the country have long protested the creation of charter schools, bullying anyone who endorses them and stampeding statehouses to strong-arm legislators, too many of whom irrationally fear this vocal, extremist minority.
Well then.
I’ll let you all soak that all in and take it as you will.
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Strong-arming legislators who irrationally fear us? SOS is doing better than I thought! Keep up the good stampede!
I wished I had copied her post. Little did I know it would be taken down? It was a great example of ed reformers sliming and slandering techniques.
In 2010, Jeanne attempted to bring her brand of reform to Montgomery County and the state of Maryland by running for the state house. Allen lost in the general election on November 2, 2010 coming in fourth. Three seats were available in the district. I guess her neighbors weren’t ready for her. Too bad she can’t be rejected by others. Not to fear though, she has a fantastic house in Bethesda, four kids, a husband, and an organization and platform; nearly twenty years old, to continue further attacks. Not too bad for someone who has never taught. Too bad she can’t keep her ideas to herself.
http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/06302010/bethnew212614_32559.php
I tweeted this ideologue. No reply. Pity.
Correction:
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi