The Dismissive Attitude Toward Parents by Education Reformers is Stunning
A 100% rate of stopping “anti-reform” legislation by these special interests (grasstops)
The above graphic comes from the Louisiana Department of Education with mention of groups supporting educational reform ideas: charter schools, TFA, increased teacher accountability via the tracking of student data, common core. However, education reformers supporting these reforms (administrators, bureaucrats, politicians, lobbyists, think tanks) have forgotten what the word “public” in “public education” means. There is the implied assumption that “grassroots” demands include all the reforms listed above, but that isn’t a valid assumption. These are reforms not to provide better education, these are reforms designed to create a “human capital market”. Here is another graphic from the same publication:
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I don’t see taxpayers and parents on this list as being consulted on how education should be delivered. This is all about creating a policy environment, human capital market, a political climate to deliver on the needs of CMOs (Charter Management Organizations). These groups and individuals have determined what children need, not the educators or taxpayers who have to The Dismissive Attitude Toward Parents by Education Reformers is Stunning | Missouri Education Watchdog: