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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The 99 Percent, the 1 Percent, and the Bloomberg Education Agenda - Dana Goldstein #OWS

The 99 Percent, the 1 Percent, and the Bloomberg Education Agenda - Dana Goldstein:

The 99 Percent, the 1 Percent, and the Bloomberg Education Agenda

At Zuccotti Park

The folks at The Awl have published my longish essay on the Occupy movement, Mayor Bloomberg, and the public schools. Since I attended the education reform "teach-in" at Zuccotti Park last Friday, I've been thinking through whether the 99 percent/1 percent critique applies to school reform, as Bloomberg critics argue. Here's