The Weekly Update: The corporate empire of public education and where that leaves the rest of us, ALEC, Gates and charter schools
So much news, so little time.
From Real News:
U.S. Student Homelessness Up 10% Since Last Year
Highest increases of homeless children seen in states like North Carolina where austerity policies predominate.
All those people we come in contact with daily, the sales clerk, that friendly person at the bank, the barista…they’ll all hurting, quietly, and I never knew they were in such pain, not until the strikes began to happen. Then I realized that these workers get paid so little that we are subsidizing the overhead of the 1% by providing workers with food assistance and healthcare, ensuring that the wealthy few can maintain their standard of living while the rest of us stoically suffer:
From the Real News, 1 out of 3 Bank Tellers in NY on Public Assistance
New report finds bank executives receive big bonuses, while 39% of frontline bank