This past week a report from the Center for Reinventing Public Education received a lot of coverage—including as fuel for a WSJ editorial—and then subsequent reaction for its targeted blame towards…you guessed it: teachers.

Needless to say, Jim and Marcus weren’t happy about this at all—especially after digging into the rather-barebones report and seeing how disconnected the framing and coverage of it was from the actual “data” it was built upon. In this episode, Jim and Marcus discuss not only the contents of the report but also the way it has been covered and, more broadly, the implications of how quickly and haphazardly narratives can be formed in the current moment.

Spoiler: buckle up for two not-happy-at-all teachers.

Links to referenced report and coverage articles:

* Full CRPE report link

* Education Week article covering report

* Wall Street Journal editorial based on report

Thanks to:

Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden; and Courtney Milavec for graphic design.

Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

Email thoughts to thebrokencopier@substack.com.

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