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Alex Russo, intrepid blogger defending the

1%'s education privatization project

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When billionaires and other neoliberal corporate education reformers need

political cover for their vile activities, they turn to Scholastic Inc.'s paid blogger
Alexander Russo.

Schools Matter: The trouble with Alexander Russo

www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/01/trouble-with-alexander-russo.html
Added by rdsathene 1 year ago

The irony is that Russo suggests we critics have been

successful because WE are coordinating ourselves!
And the "reformers" ought to do the same! We are
seeing the most coordinated, sustained and
systematic campaign ever mounted in public
education.

Alexander Russos vicious attack on Weigand Elementary

School Teachers @ THE CHALK FACE knows
SCHOOLS MATTER
atthechalkface.com/2013/05/30/alexander-russos-vicious-attack-on-weigand-elementary-scho
Added by rdsathene 1 year ago

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Alexander Russos vicious attack on

LAUSDs Weigand Elementary
School teachers should be noted by
everyone. In a piece where he
Paste a long gleefully
URL heresides
to shorten
with AEIs Hess
smear on the distinguished
Professor Ravitch, he also decides
to take aim at the hardworking
Photo courtesy of LS4C1.
women and men teaching at the
school recently shot up by Ben
Austins latest corporate drive by.
Heres an excerpt of Russos bile
laden commentary.
Given how theyre being treated in the Times and by Ravitch (and by the
teachers who appear to be more loyal to the principal than to the kids), the
Weigand parents may be well be wishing that theyd opted for
A clear response to these vicious accusations should be in order. The Parent
Trigger is one of the most reprehensible tools in the neoliberal privatization
and austerity toolkit. For the corporate education reformers to make this
about the teachers instead of Austins poverty pimping NPIC is outrageous.
Russos piece also mentions a UTLA meeting about the trigger. Sad UTLA
didnt invite me, considering my years of investigating and covering both the
trigger and those associated with it.
I have no problem with reactionaries Jamie Alter Lynton and Alexander
Russo pushing The John Birch Society agenda on their @LASchoolReport
blogjust dont call it journalism! Somehow the The LA Press Club has
nominated them for two awards. Apparently Rupert Murdoch style [1] rightrdsathene: doesnt
Alexander
Weigand
wing propaganda
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pass forvicious
news attack
these on
days,
its now the norm.
Ive written
about Russo
in case anyone needs a refresher course on
Elementary
School before,
Teachers
the neoliberal
enthusiast.
1 year ago
The trouble with Alexander Russo
Once more Alex Russo afflicts the afflicted and comforts the comfortable
Fortunately families, educators, and community members have a message
for Alexander Russo and his allies at ALEC, Parent Revolution, and The
Heartland Institute:
South LA parents and teachers have a message for law makers in
Sacramento regarding parent trigger law. Tomorrow at Weigand ES @4pm.
Ingrid Villeda (@EducateLAnow) May 30, 2013
Its time for all Parent Trigger legislation to go the way of its other fellow,
racist legal Matter:
constructsOnce
like Jimmore
Crow Alex
and miscegenation
laws.the afflicted
Schools
Russo afflicts

and comforts the comfortable

www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/06/once-more-alex-russo-afflicts-afflicted.html
Added by rdsathene 1 year ago

"I want to work with people who have relevant

experience in our neighborhoods, whose kids go to the
_____
same schools mine do, and who believe in the self-

rdsathene

same schools mine do, and who believe in the selfdetermination of all communities. I do not appreciate
the dominant-culture control of the 'reformers' who
parachute in, a la Peace Corps style, to show us
Brown and Black folks how to be like them."

Last Stand for Children First: Education Blogger Wins

Arthur Reynolds Award
laststand4children.blogspot.com/2011/11/education-blogger-wins-arthur-reynolds.html
Added by rdsathene 1 year ago

During World War II, when German bombers seemed

poised to knock the fight out of England and plunge
the world into totalitarian darkness, Arthur Reynolds
brought news of that island's heroic struggle to
America's shores. Few alive during those hours will
ever forget the words Reynolds used to begin his
reports on the London Blitz, "Edward R.

Is @alexanderrusso crushing just a little bit? @ THE

CHALK FACE
atthechalkface.com/2013/12/05/is-alexanderrusso-crushing-just-a-little-bit/
Added by rdsathene 1 year ago

Its rare to see sympathetic voices on any of the mainstream networks. One
usually sees reform hacks and carpetbaggers.
Some guy Alexander Russo, who comments hither and thither on
education, seems obsessed with an education activists recent appearance
on MSNBC. And I say some guy because, to me at least, Mr. Russo could
be classified perfectly as such; in our little world, just some guy, some dude,
unremarkable, who types some stuff and crap.
In any event, man, hes going ape ass crazy over the fact that the guest was
not identified as someone with a very close alliance with AFT, who indeed
just finished a tenure there in communications.
I agree with that guy: she should have been identified because it clearly
seems like her appearance was indeed that of second fiddle to Ms.
Weingarten. We have to hold both sides of this debate to the same
standards in terms of identifying connections. I would ask the same of
someone taking Gates Foundation money, for instance.
All of this is really some inside baseball, unimportant. Its funny to me,
though, how that guy is really going off on this. Might he have a little crush
here?
More importantly, I wonder why folks like Chris Hayes and others cant seem
to invite real educators on their shows, ones that are actually still in the
classroom. Lots of people on both sides speaking FOR educators, but I
never see any speaking for themselves. Why all the consultants, advocates,
and activists, union representatives and journalists?
No ones got an educator in their contacts list that they can call?

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