Yes folks, Beacon’s co-founder and former director, Ruth Lacey has been profiled in today’s New York Times. I think it’s a really well-done piece, and for anyone who knows Ruth, you can really hear her voice in her quotes, which is rather cool.

I admit that reading it made me sad that Ruth isn’t here anymore. She is one of the folks who really take primary responsibility for making Beacon such a wonderful place, and we miss her presence. And I do hope that someone at Tweed reads that piece and thinks about how a brilliant career public-school educator is now able to focus on education, rather than deal with all of the insanity of public education.

Public education lost a brilliant educator when Ruth went to Columbia. It’s an amazing opportunity for her, but it’s also a great opportunity for those of us in pubilc education to think about what it takes to keep us here.