The moves against public education in Oklahoma have come thick and fast, but John Thompson is here to break down this week’s worth of assaults, from an unprecedented (and probably illegal) money grab, to public officials mocking public schools on line.
In the last week, alone, Diane Ravitch and the Network for Public Education reported on efforts to advance the corporate reform agenda in Iowa, Kentucky, Texas, Arizona, Montana, Florida, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Indiana. Even as public education and America as a whole is threatened by COVID-19, privatizers are doubling down on their politics of destruction.
This is an overview, with some background information, on last week’s assaults on public schools in Oklahoma.
Just before the Oklahoma State Department of Education Board (SDE) meeting, Oklahoma Watch’s Jennifer Palmer tweeted, “Pretty standard agenda but I will be listening and watching the executive session items in particular.”
However, the executive session generated a “Resolution” on “the interpretation and implementation of laws regarding funding of charter schools” so charters will now receive funding from the “General Fund, the Building Fund, [and] all other Local Revenue” in CONTINUE READING: John Thompson: Public Education Under Fire In Oklahoma - Network For Public Education