They'll also be greeted by the smiling face of Fordham's own Checker Finn as they walk in the door: The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF)?which has organized a protest of the event?has made Checker one of its ?public (education) enemies,? an esteemed designation that he holds with FEE head honcho Jeb Bush and NewsCorps CEO Rupert Murdoch, who is giving the closing address to the summit. All three are featured front-and-center on the UESF's protest flyer.
We take it as a compliment that the folks at UESF find Checker to be as influential in the policy sphere as Jeb Bush and as well-connected as Rupert Murdoch. ?But we wonder why they didn't single out Sal Khan (guru behind the Khan Academy videos) or Melinda Gates, both of whom are giving keynote speeches during the summit, along with Murdoch. Maybe Checker is just more photogenic.
?The Education Gadfly