Petition to Oprah to invite Diane Ravitch on her show

[proud2BlibKansan]

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

[blondeatlast]

1. k nt

[Autumn Colors]

2. Signed, K&R (nt)

[Orlandodem]

3. Done. K&R

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Rec. I hear Oprah actually does take these things seriously. nt.

[proud patriot]

5. glad to help

[kevinbgoode]

6. signed. . .

This just keeps coming off as some conservative wet dream come true. . .the wealthy purchase elections, and they purchase the school districts. The American people are turning themselves into 21st century serfs.

It is bad enough that Winfrey didn't have any other point of view on that program. . .and I'm not sure I trust her with handling Ravitch well on the show.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Oprah can't outsmart Ravitch

I think it would be a fun show to watch.

[Catshrink]

8. Did you see this?

We're NOT 'Waiting for Superman'
www.rethinkingschools.org
On Sept. 24, a new film, "Waiting for Superman," will draw media attention to public education across the country. Unfortunately, most of it will be negative. So we've started a project to talk back to the film and the message it promotes. We hope you will join us at NOTwaitingforsuperman.org.

Here's the link to their facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/NOT-Waiting-for-Superman/149979798356036?ref=ts

[leftstreet]

9. It's sad when we resort to petitioning entertainers, since politicians fail us

Not criticizing your OP in any way, in fact it sounds like it's necessary after the bullshit propaganda she hosted.

It's just a sad state of affairs.

Millions of people were in the global streets to protest the Iraq Occupation, and....zip.

[Smarmie Doofus]

12. Good point.

In fact, it's getting so it's hard to discern a difference.

[Starry Messenger]

10. k & r

[Smarmie Doofus]

11. 526 signatures so far. Not too shabby. nt

[donheld]

13. Done

[Iwillnevergiveup]

14. Now at 558

K&R

The petition has set a very modest goal of 1,000. C'mon - get it out to all your teacher friends/colleagues...should be many, many more than that.

[soleiri]

15. K&R and done

[Hannah Bell]

16. kr

[Smarmie Doofus]

17. 598 sigs at 6 am est. Do I hear 600? nt

[LWolf]

18. 618. nt

[Dappleganger]

19. Signed.

[SalviaBlue]

20. I just saw a local newscast anouncing that

Annie Delgado, a teacher at Buhat Colony in Atwater, CA is going to be on Oprah today (Fri). They said she email Oprah disagreeing with some of the things she heard on the Waiting for Superman show and they invited her to be on a panel today.

[Smarmie Doofus]

21. Fine. We'll see. But we want Ravitch. nt

[SalviaBlue]

22. Yea, I have no idea who this person is...

it sounds like she was just one of the many people who emailed about the show. And they did say there was going to be a "panel."

So we'll see.

[Smarmie Doofus]

23. Whoa. Passed 700 to 704 at 3:30 EST.

Real Reformers rock and roll.

[Smarmie Doofus]

24. Kick. Sign it before din-din. nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

25. Closing in on 800 at 12:50 am.

793 at the moment.

[Smarmie Doofus]

26. One last kick for the Sat a.m. shift. nt

[NYC_SKP]

27. kick (nt)