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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Now on Sale at Walmart, Education Rephorm | EduShyster

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Now on Sale at Walmart, Education Rephorm

Walmart is leading the effort to give low-income Americans more ¢hoi¢e in education, while insuring that they remain low income.
It is a well known fact that students who attend our union-stifled public schools are ill prepared for their future careers—at Walmart. That is why Walmart is leading the effort to fix our failing schools by introducing some much needed competition into our public education monopoly. Much like shoppers at Walmart have a choice of many different Chinese-made goods to choose from, education consumers will soon have a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of edu-choices to select from. All this is thanks to the efforts of the Walton Family Foundation, which has plunked down a cool $1 billion worth of Walmart profits to transphorm public education.
In this cool new video, the Walton lay out their ambitious vision for education rephorm:
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But who is this mysterious Low-Income Stick Figure mom (LISFM) and from whence does her low income derive? Given that Walmart employs a full 1% of the nation’s workers, chances are that LISFM either works for