tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5767513665425349921..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Will Wolf's PA Love Charters?Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-77723042467522928972014-11-15T09:41:31.190-05:002014-11-15T09:41:31.190-05:00It is important to know that John Fry serves on th...It is important to know that John Fry serves on the board of the Philadelphia School Partnership, a major force behind school privatization here in Philadelphia. PSP is also closely associated with the Gates-funded 'Great Schools Compact" that is making serious and detrimental policy decisions affecting Philadelphia public schools behind closed doors. I am very, very worried about Fry having Wolf's ear.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460110630084320034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-45105904735077921602014-11-15T09:11:09.340-05:002014-11-15T09:11:09.340-05:00And not just fossilized, but even more GOP. I don&...And not just fossilized, but even more GOP. I don't know how far right the new folks are, but it doesn't bode well that Mike Turzai was chosen as House Speaker--after saying into a live microphone in 2012 that the PA Voter ID laws "will deliver PA to Mitt Romney." <br /><br />The faculty union for the PA state-owned universities (APSCUF) endorsed Wolf and worked pretty hard with PSEA and PA AFL-CIO to turn out for him. It's the conundrum for unions these days--how much can you afford (or not to) work for candidates you know almost certainly will take you for granted once they've won? <br /><br />In terms of K-12 ed policy, I think the trick is to keep all the mobilization that happened against Corbett alive. As long as that movement keeps movementing (I like making up parts of speech), it can clearly have some effect. Likewise, we need to keep an eye on districts that voted in GOP representation but voted for Wolf. Those are places where we might be able to get pressure on those legislators by reminding them why they ousted Corbett. Might. Seth Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911164106637399507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-69389302694131469922014-11-15T09:01:53.423-05:002014-11-15T09:01:53.423-05:00Man, I love the internet.
That's my sense of ...Man, I love the internet.<br /><br />That's my sense of her, too, through her work. And no, I haven't done a happy dance about Wolf's election. And of course in this piece I didn't even get to the other big question-- when you put a Third Way Democrat in front of a fossilized all-GOP legislature, what exactly do you get, if anything?Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-32170773353199756812014-11-15T06:49:27.732-05:002014-11-15T06:49:27.732-05:00Colleen is a former student of mine; she actually ...Colleen is a former student of mine; she actually took a course called Activism and Advocacy Writing from me. She's not always right, but I've never known her to overreact or hype an argument. <br /><br />And anybody who didn't wonder whether Wolf is a neoliberal Third Way Democrat didn't listen to anything he said, pretty much ever. I supported him and voted for him--after I told GOP canvassers one day at my door that "I wouldn't vote for Tom Corbett at gunpoint," I felt like I didn't have a lot of choice--but he's no prize. Seth Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911164106637399507noreply@blogger.com