This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jonathon Pelto challenges us to do the right thing, not to do the politically expedient thing on the topic of civic responsibility.

Jonathan Pelto is an advocacy journalist and leading activist in the battle to push back the corporate education reform industry and take back control of the nation's system of public education. His blog, Wait, What? has become the most read commentary site in Connecticut
with over 1.5 million visitors and more than 20,000 comments since he
began blogging in 2011.
Pelto is also a write-in candidate for governor in this year's
Connecticut gubernatorial election.


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