Pennsylvania: Speaker of the House Berates Public Schools and Their Teachers, Praises Charters
Once again, we are reminded that charter schools are a Republican cause, and their champion is Betsy DeVos.
Mike Turzai, Republican Speaker of the House in Pennsylvania, was on his way to a meeting with Betsy DeVos when he encountered some public school teachers, who were picketing with signs saying they loved their public schools.
Turzai found this deeply offensive, and he proceeded to lambaste the teachers as a “special interest group” defending a “monopoly.”
In the video, Turzai praised charter schools, which receive government funding but operate independently of the public school system, saying that in charter schools. “you have to care about each child, not about the CONTINUE READING: Pennsylvania: Speaker of the House Berates Public Schools and Their Teachers, Praises Charters | Diane Ravitch's blog
