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How Edreformers Bully Teachers. Part 2. The CEO of Brightbeam (aka Results in Education Foundation and Education Post, funded by Microsoft/Apple/ Facebook/Walmart billionaire family foundations) RTed an article with a dogwhistle & editorial comment. /1
Sidebar: Let& #39;s give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn& #39;t read the article. This teacher& #39;s married to a firefighter, who& #39;s working 24/7 during the pandemic. She cares for a 2-and a 5-year-old, one& #39;s on the way, and is teaching 380 students online. A heavy workload. /2
The teacher estimates she has 3 hours a day to get her own work done. That seems reasonable, given her 24/7 family responsibilities. Surprising after Brightbeam& #39;s CEO criticism of "characteristically divisive and overheated rhetoric" that he& #39;d lead his followers down this road./3
A Hillsdale classical academy charter school consulting firm director has a very unifying message for teachers. This heart-warming sentiment gets approved by Brightbeam& #39;s CEO. If it weren& #39;t on message, he& #39;d fix it. /4
Former Austin Independent School District Board Trustee/President implies that teachers who need help adjusting to the pressures put on them by the pandemic are setting a bad example for students, especially students of color? That& #39;s not on-message... /5
Brightbeam CEO jumps in with his favorite theme: privilege. Teachers "who have jobs, benefits, educations, and class status" should not complain. (He earned over $200K as Results in Education Foundation& #39;s Outreach Director in 2017, before he was promoted.) /6
Restoring equity to education is important work. We& #39;re all working towards that. These methods are divisive. Take home message from this thread is the same as for Part 1. Before accusing others of [fill in the blank], education reformers should get their own house in order. /7
Sources: 2017 Results in Education Foundation 990 form. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/470988089/02_2019_prefixes_46-47%2F470988089_201712_990PF_2019021416095382">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofit...
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