tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post2216411095388910919..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Why compare Ohio mom to Rosa Parks?Mike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-40487984821915703922011-02-08T14:22:26.791-06:002011-02-08T14:22:26.791-06:00Bingo. Do I hear flies buzzing?Bingo. Do I hear flies buzzing?Nancy Flanaganhttp://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-11336753907018838152011-02-04T12:21:39.224-06:002011-02-04T12:21:39.224-06:00Ah, now I know where the Rosa Parks comparisons wi...Ah, now I know where the Rosa Parks comparisons with Ohio mom started. I should have known they came from right field. http://bit.ly/dTqEFHMike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-63670352513375174032011-02-02T21:04:53.588-06:002011-02-02T21:04:53.588-06:00There's lots of mythology around the whole Ros...There's lots of mythology around the whole Rosa Parks story as well. Let's not worry about being or not being Rosa. Let's just be about doing the right thing when ever the opportunity arises.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-547512267029581312011-02-02T20:53:21.889-06:002011-02-02T20:53:21.889-06:00Good points Nancy. But why make the "poster-c...Good points Nancy. But why make the "poster-child" comment? Isn't that just the Rosa Parks thing all over again? Kelly Williams-Bolar is what she is. She's not Rosa Parks. She's not a poster child. She's just a women--a mom--faced with some tough choices, who bent the rules in order to get open up some better opportunities for her child. I would venture to say that many, if not most parents have done the same. I'm the parent of a child with special needs and I am constantly battling and trying to work the system for the benefit of my child. Only that never makes the national news and Washington Post columnists aren't sitting around debating whether or not I am Rosa Parks.Delianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-29298243969576443922011-02-02T19:19:03.738-06:002011-02-02T19:19:03.738-06:00I do agree that it was conservative "choice&q...I do agree that it was conservative "choice" advocates who positioned Ms. Williams-Bolar as standard-bearer. And that's probably the festering sore underneath all the Is-she or Is-she-not Rosa Parks talk: the craven misuse of the honorable and brave work of civil rights leaders to push forward an anti-public-schools agenda, in favor of charters, vouchers, and privatized services.<br /><br />There are many battles yet to be fought and won to make public schools equitable, but Kelly Williams-Bolar is not the poster child for the cause. She is not Linda Brown, either. She has paid dearly (another travesty--9 days in jail) for not capitulating, which makes her a sympathetic figure, but there must be more effective strategies to demand better schools. <br /><br />What bothered me about Strauss' column was not her own remarks, but those of the people who agreed with her--suggesting that the people in Copley-Fairlawn worked hard to support their schools and shouldn't have to dilute their academic excellence with interlopers. Scarily similar to what's been happening in Wake County, NC...<br /><br />Red flags.Nancy Flanaganhttp://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/noreply@blogger.com