October 6, 2010

The plight of public education

It is hard to deliver a decent education to our kids when the administrators at the top are pushing abject crap. From the National Education Association's website:
Recommended Reading: Saul Alinsky, The American Organizer
NEA recommends the following Saul Alinsky books to those members of our Association who are involved in grassroots organizing, especially Association Representatives (ARs) � also known as building reps or shop stewards � and leaders at local affiliates.

Saul Alinsky is widely recognized as the father of, and pre-imminent expert in, grassroots organizing, which is why we recommend that ARs and local leaders become familiar with his theories & materials.

Alinsky�s writings have been called the �mother�s milk of the left,� however in an ironic homage, the conservative right has borrowed a page or two from the Alinsky playbook. Tea Party leader and self-described �conservative radical� Michael Patrick Leahy, for example, has authored a book based on Alinsky�s teachings: �Rules for Conservative Radicals.�

We hope that ARs and local leaders of all political stripes will discern from Alinsky�s books grassroots organizing strategies that will best help us bring our members together around the common goal of improving public education.
Here is a small screen-cap in case they go revisionist and purge it:
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Hat tip to Firehand for the link. Gotta love those Union buzzwords: "building reps or shop stewards � and leaders at local affiliates" No wonder our education system is such a hell-hole. Posted by DaveH at October 6, 2010 7:58 PM