Nate Easley, voucher proponent
A lot’s been said about the despicable, race-baiting campaign launched by the LiFERs (Latinos for Education Reform). It should be noted that these persons with Hispanic surnames don’t actually send their own kids to the zero-tolerance test prep labs that are the charter schools they promote. No, their kids get to go to cool magnets and the better schools in town, because THEY DON’T ACTUALLY LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF LATINO FAMILIES.
Turns out that the LiFERs are really just a front for the pro-voucher movement. You remember vouchers, right? It’s the experiment normally tried on low-income communities to slide out of the social contract to provide a sound and equitable public education to every child in America. You know, like the experiment in Milwaukee that never worked, not even after 20 years of heartfelt trying.
And for all the gnashing of teeth about “accountability,” LiFER’s high-powered cadre of influential folks can’t
