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["gerald bracey" <gbracey@q.com>]

I agree with Susan.  If letters to the editor, op-eds, and comments, as
satisfying as they are to authors (including me) had a significant impact,
Walt Gardner, a former teacher in LA, would have alone turned the tide.  The
"Collected Letters and Op-Eds of Walt Gardner" from the last 5 years would
constitute quite a tome.

The question is How do you get your issues before a larger audience?  At the
moment, I don't have an answer.  I do have some ideas, premature to speak of
yet.

Jerry
   
 
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From: Susan Ohanian
Date: 9/6/2009 6:46:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Please join in the action! Respond to the Bee on the CAHSEE.
 
I respectfully submit that arguing in the online letters section of
newspapers, though fun,  is a very limited outlet for activism and that
pretty quickly we need to move beyond that into other venues.

I've studied the online comments of local paper here.  A few hotheads post
as many as 1,200 comments a month. Most people never look at that section. 
Maybe the Fresno paper is different, but I suspect not. I'm just suggesting
that it might be more productive to devote energies to ideas that will reach
a more mainstream audience.

Susan Ohanian

MONICALUCIDO@comcast.net wrote: 
We need comments on the Bee page from as many of you as we can! It's getting
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EPATALetters and Comments in response to Editorial:
Exit exam continues to offer new incentives for
success9/6/099/10/09NationalAccess to Editorial and comments:
 
http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/story/1626952.html
 
E-mail letters to:
letters@fresnobee.com