The Rapid Spread of Controversy

NBC15 in Madison, Wisconsin has a great piece on a local controversy concerning a local school district and a letter-writing assignment in a third grade classroom.

The NBC15 news team covered the story and the rapid spread of the controversy across the Internet.

The controversy apparently spread from a school wide issue (involving parents, teachers, students and administrators) to local (involving the school community and other citizens, a VFW representative is quoted in the article) and then to the blogosphere.

Over the next few years, we will have to see what kind of impact this 21st century news distribution system has on the way school departments and districts handle issues within their (formerly) local communities.

Posted by: Brad on Nov. 24, 2005 at 10:35 AM EST
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