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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-10 06:10 AM
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Petition to Oprah to invite Diane Ravitch on her show
Dear Ms. Winfrey,
We, the undersigned, were very disappointed with the recent Oprah show featuring Michelle Rhee and Bill Gates. We urge you to invite Prof. Diane Ravitch as a guest on your show.

Diane is an expert in the history of public education, the author of the bestseller, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Undermine Education," and is extremely incisive about the problems with the current rage for high stakes testing and privatization of our public schools.

There is much more to the story than "Waiting for Superman" reveals, and it's important that all sides be heard.

http://education.change.org/petitions/view/petition_to_oprah
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-10 06:46 AM
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-10 04:12 PM
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2. K and R If you post this to GD, I promise to keep....
... it kicked for 24 hrs for max exposure. The petition is at 380 currently.

My local union is also encouraging emails, letters, etc. Apparently Ms. Winfrey is known to actually reconsider her position when presented with both sides.

Or so it is thought.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-10 06:06 PM
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