Dr. Horton having a WSJ piece is, to me, is more of a "hate the game not the player" kind of thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that piece. It is a notable story and it was written by a local Chicago Education writer, not some national culture war guy.
I think District 65 wants to have their cake and eat it too with the na…
Dr. Horton having a WSJ piece is, to me, is more of a "hate the game not the player" kind of thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that piece. It is a notable story and it was written by a local Chicago Education writer, not some national culture war guy.
I think District 65 wants to have their cake and eat it too with the national attention. If they want to go down that path, that is fine but the public needs to be aware of the costs: security for staff, lack of focus on education, etc. At the end of the day, the costs from that attention were probably close to $1mm dollars! That's money coming from the pockets of all the District's kids, including BIPOC kids. Should we continue that fight? Or is there a better way?
I’ll write one. It’s more of an art than a science, though. You have to consider things like .. the private security. How much was required and how much was tied to the WSJ article vs just general right wing hate stuff. I’m not sure how I would tease it out but waging national culture war issues can be expensive depending on how you react.
Dr. Horton having a WSJ piece is, to me, is more of a "hate the game not the player" kind of thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that piece. It is a notable story and it was written by a local Chicago Education writer, not some national culture war guy.
I think District 65 wants to have their cake and eat it too with the national attention. If they want to go down that path, that is fine but the public needs to be aware of the costs: security for staff, lack of focus on education, etc. At the end of the day, the costs from that attention were probably close to $1mm dollars! That's money coming from the pockets of all the District's kids, including BIPOC kids. Should we continue that fight? Or is there a better way?
Do you have a link/post about that article's downstream costs?
I’ll write one. It’s more of an art than a science, though. You have to consider things like .. the private security. How much was required and how much was tied to the WSJ article vs just general right wing hate stuff. I’m not sure how I would tease it out but waging national culture war issues can be expensive depending on how you react.
I'm not sure what your point is here