The Art of Machiavellian Education Reform
“Machiavellianism is “the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct”. The word comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe (The Prince), among other works.” ~ Wikipedia
What so called “education reformers” have done in the United States is soMachiavellian its hard to believe, and so many people don’t. As the Italian author of the Prince put it himself, “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
A quick recap of Fraud at the Heart of Current Education Reform:
First, former president George Bush put in place NCLB laws, so that the number of charter schools grew in the U.S. and high-stakes testing expanded.
When Barack Obama ran for president he promised to change things, but was secretly used as a “cover” by DFER (Democrats for Education Reform), Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Walton Family and their charter school Wall Street investor friends.
Billionaires Broad & Gates “agents of change” Arne Duncan & Joanne Weiss (former executive of New Schools Venture Fund, supporting charter school investments) were placed in high level positions at the U.S. Department of Education, to support charter school allied governors, mayors and Broad “Academy” trainees who had been sent to take over and “disrupt” public school districts around the nation, as superintendents.
With financing from Bill Gates (and billions acquired from The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) charter school “affiliated” agents at the Dept of Education were able to “leverage” change by creating the Race to the Top competition, doling out money to gain The Art of Machiavellian Education Reform | Creative by Nature:
