tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post2962401866267383111..comments2024-03-29T09:58:35.640-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Not Much Real Change To The Standards In Those Cuomo Common Core Task Force Recommendationsreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-47263896343664490572015-12-11T11:13:43.828-05:002015-12-11T11:13:43.828-05:00....and I forgot to add: THE UNIONS DECLARING VICT.......and I forgot to add: THE UNIONS DECLARING VICTORY ARE MAKING THE REALITY OF THIS SITUATION BLURRIER TO THOSE PARENTS ON THOSE MARGINS WHERE NUMBERS FOR OPT OUT ARE LIKELY TO GROW. <br /><br />The unions declaring victory here, unlike their usual victory declarations which are meaningless, actually HURTS OUR MOVEMENT AGAINST THE REFORM AGENDA because it is another brick in the wall confusing marginal parents on opt out. BAAAAAAAD BAD BAD. <br /><br />I am not one of these opt out evangelists who see HUGE opt out numbers no matter what come spring. I don't see new opt out territories forming. The only growth is at the margins of the places where opt out is already strong. And its right there that Cuomo etc are focused with this PR theater and that the union is harming by declaring victory. <br /><br />The worst is yet to come...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-35069959540802903492015-12-11T11:07:18.507-05:002015-12-11T11:07:18.507-05:00Obviously a PR event, as RBE correctly indicates. ...Obviously a PR event, as RBE correctly indicates. <br /><br />A PR event with a real purpose beyond simply keeping the "juicy center" aspects of the reform agenda alive in NYS however.<br /><br />The purpose of this PR event is to REDUCE OPT OUT NUMBERS SO THAT THE ONLY MAJOR ROADBLOCK TO THE REFORM AGENDA IS REMOVED (PARENTS). Note that teachers and their unions are not even registering as part of any roadblock. <br /><br />Now, alot of people understand this but don't see it as they should, in detail. This PR event is not about going after the entire opt out movement in general. No. Its not about reducing opt out to zero or even close to it. Its about stopping the growth of opt out AT THE MARGINS, where numbers are likely to grow. The goal here, for Cuomo and the reform-minded state establishment is to simply CONTROL THE OPT OUT NUMBERS. <br /><br />Lets not forget, its a victory for THEM if opt out numbers remain the same or are only increased slightly. They will claim that they have stopped the bleeding and that the rest of the medicine can now be applied.<br /><br />That all the union voices are declaring victory, insofar as their voices even matter and resonate anymore, is a sign of their absolute and total lack of understanding even the most basic things about the reform movement, the politics surrounding it, or labor organizing and history. <br /><br />But yeah, anyway, its about limiting the growth of opt out, not killing opt out. Big difference. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com