-By Warner Todd Huston
In one of the most disgusting displays of hubris and impropriety, a teachers union advocate used the murders at Sandy hook Elementary as an excuse to push teachers unions.
Diane Ravitch calls herself a “historian of education” and is a low level Research Professor of Education at New York University. On her blog for December 17 Ravitch heartlessly used the horrendous crime in Connecticut to push he union agenda.
After giving a list of what she appropriately calls the “hero teachers of Newtown,” Ravitch turns what might otherwise be a heartwarming post into a shilling for unions.
Ravitch says that, “every one of the teachers was a career educator,” but then goes on to dirty her post and her own name by saying,
Oh, and one other thing, all these dedicated teachers belonged to a union. The senior teachers had tenure, despite the fact that “reformers” (led by ConnCAN, StudentsFirst, and hedge fund managers) did their best last spring to diminish their tenure and to tie their evaluations to test scores. Governor Malloy said, memorably, to his shame, that teachers get tenure just for showing up. No one at Sandy Hook was just “showing up.”
What a disgusting display, eh?
One last thing on Ravitch. In her self-written bio, Ravitch notes that she has two grandchildren in “religious schools” in New York. I’ll bet she’s disowned her children for forcing her poor, poor grandchildren into such a hell. She must be so embarrassed over this terrible situation.
Oh, but it gets worse. Not only did this little known blogger “wave the bloody shirt” by using the murders of children to push her tax-sucking union agenda, the President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) came to her aide when people began to correctly criticize Ravitch for her revolting behavior.
Lewis agreed with the putrid Ravitch that using crimes and tragedies for personal gain was perfectly OK because we have a “24/7 news cycle.”
On the other, the educrats who do not agree with her, read her posts, too so as to keep abreast of her thoughts and are ready to pounce if they see an opening. There might have been a time where “politicizing” tragic events, especially mass shootings was thought to be in poor taste. That has changed with the 24/7 news cycle that continues to focus far too much time and energy on the perpetrator of the massacre than that of our precious victims.
Lewis may want to get out from behind her computer and take a walk before she posts such idiocy again.