Dr. Diane Ravitch, educator and historian gave a presentation in San Francisco
on Public Education, Privatization And Deprofessionalization on January 20, 2012. She provides an overview of the the corporate "reforms" being introduced into the education system in the United States and how these policies are undermining not only public education but the entire education process. She outlines the billion dollar non-profit corporations such as the Gates Foundation, Broad Foundation, Walton Foundation and Wall Street who are pushing this privatization of education. She discusses "No Child Left Behind" and "Race To The Top" and the ideology and logic of these policies. According to Dr. Ravitch this is also being pushed by President Obama's secretaryof Education Arne Duncan.
The video also includes the question and answer period. This presentation was
sponsored bythe California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers.
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Rita Solnet === Dr Ravitch's Speech in San Francisco 1//21/12. Diane on Privatization of Public Education and the fate of education in our nation. There simply is no other like her. I respect her courage, her stamina and her determination to tell the world so we can get public education back on track. She is remarkable extraordinarily remarkable ===