tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post761268953856504775..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Arianna Huffington Sells Out on American EducationPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-75964950708505687432011-02-24T18:04:57.557-05:002011-02-24T18:04:57.557-05:00Its interesting how she preaches the virtues of so...Its interesting how she preaches the virtues of socialism, yet cashes in ($315 MILLION) like any other capitalist. I guess all those socialist virtues are for the everyone except the elitists like her.Mar Matthias Darinhttp://matthias.tanaya.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-82562509862185171702010-10-11T13:49:53.739-04:002010-10-11T13:49:53.739-04:00Michelle Rhee's photo was on Sunday's LEAD...Michelle Rhee's photo was on Sunday's LEAD story of the Huffington Post on school reform - page one.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005284607047954745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-68316816334273550922010-10-10T18:31:12.425-04:002010-10-10T18:31:12.425-04:00They're also jumping on the shameless and unet...They're also jumping on the shameless and unethical measures of self-promotion bandwagon, and that's part of the problem with the deform movement. Twits who want to be important and remembered, yet they have no idea what they're doing. If they act like an inhumanly vicious attack dog or a blind cheerleader at the right moment, they could become famous as one of the pioneers of the great school reform that would finally take hold. Sorry guys, we need actual heroes and true pioneers for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-23451331717276653692010-10-10T18:05:09.361-04:002010-10-10T18:05:09.361-04:00Clearly, someone who watches a movie / "docum...Clearly, someone who watches a movie / "documentary" on education automatically becomes and expert on education with a valuable opinion...<br /><br />Sarcasm aside, it is telling that all of these arm-chair EdReform 'commentators' are being "informed" by the medium of film, not by actually reading anything (such as the excellent "Death and Life of the Great American School System" by Diane Ravitch). So not only is literacy an issue in America, but so is media literacy, as these folks are uncritically jumping on the "... Superman" bandwagon.Jason M. Varnerhttp://twitter.com/jmvarnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-89330926621887780642010-10-10T17:21:46.349-04:002010-10-10T17:21:46.349-04:00So far I have done one post, which took 3 days for...So far I have done one post, which took 3 days for them to take live. I will post another at Huffpost either tonight or tomorrow afternoon. <br /><br />By having people like me and Jose Vilson and Larry Ferlazzo she can claim a variety of opinions, even though we will probably never be featured the way her faves are - hell, even the late Gerald Bracey didn't get featured.teacherkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225551101423123044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-68697755298816880302010-10-10T17:09:50.212-04:002010-10-10T17:09:50.212-04:00I was indeed aware of the multiple past accusation...I was indeed aware of the multiple past accusations of plagiarism leveled against Ms. Huffington; I elected to let them go in the interest of managing the length of my blog posting. I also didn't want to distract from the topic with references to biographies of Callas and Picasso, although I could hardly help but notice that diva-like, attention-getting similarities between Arianna and her biographical subjects.<br /><br />To Bill01370: You are correct, of course, that HuffPost has also included contributors not associated with RTTP, Rhee, Klein, Gates, Broad Foundation, etc., including Joel Shatzky and our very own Leonie Haimson. But, as you suggest, their names, voices, and positions are not the ones being so heavily promoted by HuffPost, whose money-making concerns, and perhaps philosophical leanings, clearly seem to favor the "Waiting for Superman" bandwagon and crowd and her Paramount Pictures sponsors.Steve Kosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837868893003246039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-63014609968012453492010-10-10T16:55:32.283-04:002010-10-10T16:55:32.283-04:00For what it's worth, HuffPost is also includin...For what it's worth, HuffPost is also including some voices from what I term the "reform that's actually based on research" perspective, people I respect and admire. Look for example for Jose Vilson, Ken Bernstein and Larry Ferlazzo. I just wish she were promoting them as thoroughly as she was the "people who are usually thought of as being reformers even though it ain't necessarily so."bill01370https://www.blogger.com/profile/07062022069681533843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-51915730311494487242010-10-10T16:08:27.307-04:002010-10-10T16:08:27.307-04:00Huffington had many photos of current popular peop...Huffington had many photos of current popular people including Michelle Rhee under the title "Game Changers". Since Fenty lost to Vincent Gray in the D.C. mayoral primary, I haven't seen Rhee's photo anymore.<br /><br />Unless, of course, they have a section titled, "Game Over", that I have missed.<br /><br />And you're right, Mr. Koss, these ed-reformers and their new cult members have truly been bandwagoning lately.Poguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-12048589876200130092010-10-10T16:05:07.061-04:002010-10-10T16:05:07.061-04:00Isn't Matthew Bodine related to Jethro Bodine ...Isn't Matthew Bodine related to Jethro Bodine (http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2010/04/tfa-names-new-grad-school-dean.html) of the Beverly Hillbillies?Gary Babadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081430777224237696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-43640356958857889892010-10-10T15:57:36.271-04:002010-10-10T15:57:36.271-04:00Don't know if you want to include this informa...Don't know if you want to include this information about Arianna in your critique, but I think it is relevant to the criticism that she has no core beliefs other than expediency, ego and shameless promotion...<br /><br />From Wiki:<br /><br />Huffington was accused of plagiarism for copying material for her book Maria Callas (1981); the claims were settled out of court in 1981, with Callas biographer Gerald Fitzgerald being paid "in the low five figures."[22][23][24]<br /><br />Lydia Gasman, an art history professor at the University of Virginia, claimed that Huffington’s 1988 biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, included themes similar to those in her unpublished four-volume Ph.D. thesis. "What she did was steal twenty years of my work," Gasman told Maureen Orth in 1994. Gasman did not file suit.[25]<br /><br />Marueen Orth also reported that Huffington "borrowed heavily for her 1993 book, The Gods of Greece."[26]<br /><br />LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffingtonreality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com