Comments on: We Are Not Getting the Job Done http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/08/26/we-are-not-getting-the-job-done/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lou http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/08/26/we-are-not-getting-the-job-done/comment-page-1/#comment-2855 Lou Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:03:11 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2124#comment-2855 The FBI raided a charter school in Philadelphia this week investigating misappropriation of funds. This got good press in Philly, but I have not seen much press about it from the Edu-Changers on the net. The FBI raided a charter school in Philadelphia this week investigating misappropriation of funds. This got good press in Philly, but I have not seen much press about it from the Edu-Changers on the net.

]]> By: Crimson Avenger http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/08/26/we-are-not-getting-the-job-done/comment-page-1/#comment-2851 Crimson Avenger Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:44:58 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2124#comment-2851 Yes, the press falls down on the job - not for failing to explicitly lay out Charters 101, but because they take story lines from the public schools unfiltered, never challenging premises. How many different stories about "our public school won't play sports against that charter school, because they're taking our money away from us"? Or other stories about how charters drain funds from the local district? If the press would frame these properly, the public would catch on soon enough - but it would cause displeasure with their district/union sources, so it's not going to happen. Yes, the press falls down on the job – not for failing to explicitly lay out Charters 101, but because they take story lines from the public schools unfiltered, never challenging premises. How many different stories about “our public school won’t play sports against that charter school, because they’re taking our money away from us”? Or other stories about how charters drain funds from the local district?

If the press would frame these properly, the public would catch on soon enough – but it would cause displeasure with their district/union sources, so it’s not going to happen.

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