Dear Editor: I’ve followed the story of Professor Leonard Kaplan in the press since it broke, attended the forum at the Law School, and now have read his own statement. I’ve learned five lessons.
….Finally, after reading Professor Kaplan’s own statement, I learned that here was the same friend I’d had for well over 30 years â?? a teacher with an intellectually ambitious agenda, a persistent advocate for the less powerful in our society, and one who, like all of us profs, occasionally misspeaks and misjudges the impact of his remarks on his students.
Francis Schrag, UW professor emeritus of educational policy studies and philosophy, Madison