Greedy Teachers vs Altruistic Billionaires
There is a parallel universe where experienced, qualified teachers are known for being non-teachers unable to teach and billionaires are known for giving away their money. It’s the Media Universe of infomercials and propaganda-as-truth. It calls stealing from retirees “sequestration compromise.” It calls profitization of public services “public-private partnerships.” It calls school closings a method of “securing the future of education.” It agrees that in order to save democracy appointed overseers may take over elected school boards, pension systems, and even cities.Even Stephen Colbert repeats the parallel universe education mantra – mockingly.
Salon magazine expresses it in a wonderful article. Getting rich off of school children.
This gives the who, what, where, why and how of this corporate education pillaging and its mantra.
Excerpt: The pervasive media mythology tells us that the fight over the schoolhouse is supposedly a battle between greedy self-interested teachers who don’t care about children and benevolent billionaire “reformers” whose political activism is solely focused on the welfare of kids. Epitomizing the media narrative, the Wall Street