An Unheard Voice in the Education Nation Debate
Local teachers and parents say debate co-opted by corporate interests
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NEW YORK—As the NBC News crew packed away the remaining equipment from their Education Nation Summit in Rockefeller Plaza Tuesday evening, a group of about 20 teachers and parents gathered in a light drizzle to say that their views were not represented in the summit.
The group claimed that the summit gave undue prominence to privatization of the public school system, being heavily influenced by corporate cosponsors.
"NBC has disinvited prominent experts from its panels, including Diane Ravitch and Yong Zhao of Michigan State, and has given up any pretense of providing a fair presentation of views. The vast majority of panelists have been recipients of funding from Education Nation's cosponsors, the Gates and Broad Foundations," claimed
The group claimed that the summit gave undue prominence to privatization of the public school system, being heavily influenced by corporate cosponsors.
"NBC has disinvited prominent experts from its panels, including Diane Ravitch and Yong Zhao of Michigan State, and has given up any pretense of providing a fair presentation of views. The vast majority of panelists have been recipients of funding from Education Nation's cosponsors, the Gates and Broad Foundations," claimed