7 Concerns About the MSNBC Public Education Forum
It was nice to watch the MSNBC Public School Forum online. Finally, Democratic candidates answered questions about education. But here are seven concerns.
For the record, I was trying to multi-task which I’m rarely good at, so I may have missed something. Corrections are welcome.
Billionaire Takeover
Candidates talked about making the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes to help schools, but no one mentioned Bill Gates, the Waltons, Eli Broad, Mark Zuckerberg or any of the corporate reformers who are taking control of public schools.
They didn’t mention Common Core or the failure of the initiatives funded by the Gates Foundation and taxpayers. Nor did they speak about portfolio schools, the latest corporate endeavor to push choice and charters.
No one mentioned using Social Impact Bonds or Pay for Success to profit off of public CONTINUE READING: 7 Concerns About the MSNBC Public Education Forum
