The Future of Education, Big Business Style
Posted May 9th, 2011 by Kim HoffmanRead more: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/the-future-of-education-big-business-style/#ixzz1LrzUd0Tc
If the former DC schools Chancellor, Michelle Rhee intends to reform education, the last people she would be aligning herself with would be governors Scott Walker and Tom Corbett, right? Yet that is exactly who she will be speaking along side at The American Federation for Children Annual Policy Conference, Monday May 9th, in Washington D.C.
The AFC is a group founded by a small core of wealthy conservatives dedicated to the dismantling of public education. AFC and its partners have contributed millions of dollars to anti-public education movements in states across the nation, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It is no surprise to see people such as Betsy DeVos (sister of Eric Prince of Blackwater) crusading and fundraising millions of dollars supporting the AFC’s goal to privatize education.
Former Chancellor Michelle Rhee will be speaking at the AFC event with Governor Walker who recently proposed an $835 million cut in aid to public schools. What