The Argument Over Charters: Is Public Education About Me? or Us? « @ the chalk face - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 09 Aug 12"Attending the SOS conference this past weekend got me thinking about the roots of the debate over public education once again. I often think that there is an inherent difference between the way many of us think about the way we should organize ourselves that is not being dealt with. I think it has to do with whether you think of humanity mostly as one thing with common interests OR about 7 billion different things with about 7 billion different interests. About eight months ago I wrote about how I think this ideological divide creeps into our debate over charter schools without us even realizing it for Learning Matters. Here are my thoughts below. What do you think? Am I being overly simplistic?"