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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

To the Billionaires Destroying Public Ed « pedagogyofthereformed

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To the Billionaires Destroying Public Ed

Between Netflix, Facebook, the Koch brothers and all the other billionaires , public education is being systematically destroyed.
Why do all these people care?
Charter schools have a way of funneling money to tech companies with ed products, publishing companies, test prep companies. Companies, companies, companies. Money, Money, Money.
Charter schools have a way of segregating and dehumanizing children of color. Keeps them in their place you might say. Hmm, I wonder why all these white billionaires would want to do that?
Charter schools have a way of de-professionalizing teaching and paying young inexperienced “teachers” – mostly women- to work long hours without any labor protections. Most of these people end up leaving teaching after a few years. I wonder where they end up working?
Charter schools have very little oversight and discriminate against students with disabilities. Billionaires love not having oversight. That’s how people become billionaires!
Charter schools cost the states less money than public schools because they raise so much To the Billionaires Destroying Public Ed « pedagogyofthereformed: