35 Ways They Dumb Down America: Still, There’s Hope!
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the peopleA dollar and a half to see ’emDon’t it always seem to goThat you don’t know what you’ve got‘Till it’s goneThey paved paradiseAnd they put up a parking lot
~Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi
If you’ve ever worried what the future will hold without public schools, watching legislators destroy those schools in Florida and Tennessee this past week was gloomy.
But there they were with smiles in Florida, and a little less jubilant in Tennessee.
These policymakers, who are supposed to represent everyone, seem to take no interest in the research surrounding the importance of democratic public schools and the lack of any evidence supporting vouchers or charter schools.
There’s not even proof that private and parochial schools are great.
But before those of you who care about kids and public schools get too gloomy, there’s always hope! One just needs to know where to look.
Wednesday, hope was found in South Carolina, another anti-union state, where 10,000 teachers marched for the second time to the state capital. One would think by listening CONTINUE READING: 35 Ways They Dumb Down America: Still, There’s Hope!
