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Corp reform media blaming teachers, touting charters

The corporate reform-backed media is  doing its “Education Nation” best to prop up Rahm Emanuel’s union busting efforts, with a lot of help from Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Parents Across America’s Leonie Haimson was put up against three white male corp reformers on CNBCyesterday. I know, not fair that the men were  so overmatched, but one of them still managed to suggest that the parents supporting the CTU are victims of Stockholm Syndrome (I’m now cursingoin Swedish…ooh – guess they’re right!).
ABC News (we watch broadcast news at my mom’s house) did a story claiming that Chicago charter schools (which are, you know, open now) are better than comparison schools.
Here’s what Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin quoted today from someone who actually knows the truth about