Matt Damon spoke at yesterday's "Save Our Schools March" in Washington, part of a four-day event in which working teachers protested the current tilt in education policy toward increased standardized testing, business management perspectives, and other "reforms."The concise, articulate speech notes the actor's public education background, his gratitude to his instructors, and his belief that American public schools aren't the intellectual and developmental desert "reformers" relentlessly assert they are. Damon's address is brief and worth reading. "The Answer Sheet," a blog by the Washington Post reporter Valerie Strauss, has the transcript of Damon's remarks. It takes about two minutes to read, and will leave one thinking about the issues he raises for far longer than that.
The photo, by Tracy A. Woodward, originally appeared in the Washington Post.
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