The legislative shell game in Olympia and its roots in the corporate privatization of our public schools | Seattle Education

The legislative shell game in Olympia and its roots in the corporate privatization of our public schools | Seattle Education:

The legislative shell game in Olympia and its roots in the corporate privatization of our public schools

by seattleducation2011

Why is this man laughing?

I came across this article that I had saved under “Online Learning” and realized that it needs to see the light of day once again. It is reflective of the legislative games that Republicans (and  Rodney Tom) have been playing between Minnesota and now our state, privatizing everything in their path including our public school system.
See if this sounds familiar. From The Nation Institute, Selling Schools Out:

Lamenting this series of defeats, Patricia Levesque, a top adviser to former Governor Jeb Bush, spoke to fellow reformers at a retreat in October 2010. Levesque noted that reform efforts had failed