The destructive power of “Education Reform” is spreading - Wait, What?

The destructive power of “Education Reform” is spreading - Wait, What?:

The destructive power of “Education Reform” is spreading

by jonpelto

Today’s Maine Sunday Telegram newspaper leads with the headline, “Special Report: The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine.”  The reporting is a stunning tribute to what reporters can do when they look past the spin and the fancy press releases and really start digging.

It is also another shocking example about how public education is falling to the education reform industry.

Change the location from Maine to Connecticut and the term “virtual schools” to “education reform” and readers will recognize the patterns.

They are just as prevalent here in Connecticut.

In Maine it is being perpetrated by a tea-bag governor and his ultra-right hacks, and the