Fw: [LiteracyForAll] outrage on Oprah

["GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>]

The email address that Stephen gives works.

Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Krashen" <skrashen@yahoo.com>
To: <literacyForAll@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 1:58 AM
Subject: [LiteracyForAll] outrage on Oprah


> As members of this listserv know, Oprah is doing a
> special report, American Schools in Crisis.
> Susan Ohanian has posted the press release and as
> usual, some insightful comments:
> http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=5834
> The show will air on April 11.
>
> My reaction, sent to the Oprah Winfrey Show
> http://www.oprah.com/email/reach/email_reach_fromu.jhtml
>
> Oprah Winfrey is doing an investigation of public
> education, but is interviewing the wrong people. Bill
> and Melinda Gates? KIPP, funded by the GAP? I strongly
> suggest that you familiarize yourself with the real
> experts, those who have spent years in serious study
> of education, international rankings, literacy,
> dropouts, etc. and not simply appeal to powerful
> people in the business community who dabble in
> education in their spare time. 
>
> For starters, I suggest you look at:
> Berliner, D. and Biddle, D. 1995. The Manufactured
> Crisis: Myths, Frauds and the Attack on America's
> Public Schools. Addison-Wesley.
> Emery, K. and Ohanian, S. 2004. Why is Corporate
> America Bashing Our Public Schools? Heinemann.
> Bracey, G. 2004. Setting the Record Straight:
> Responses to Misconceptions About Public Education in
> the US. Heinemann
>
> You are free to disagree with these authors, but you
> are not free to ignore them. 
>
>
> Stephen Krashen, PhD
> Professor Emeritus
> University of Southern California
>
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