Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Back to $chool: College Is the Past, Prison Is the Future | toteachornototeach

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Back to $chool: College Is the Past, Prison Is the Future

College Is the Past, Prison Is the Future

by Andy Kroll
It was the greatest education system the world had ever seen. They built it into the eucalyptus-dotted Berkeley hills and under the bright lights of Los Angeles, down in the valley in Fresno and in the shadows of the San Bernardino Mountains. Hundreds of college campuses, large and small, two-year and four-year, stretching from California’s emerald forests in the north to the heat-scorched Inland Empire in the south. Each had its own DNA, but common to all was this: they promised a “public” education, accessible and affordable, to those with means