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The solution to US public schools is not corporate America | toteachornototeach

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The solution to US public schools is not corporate America

The solution to US public schools is not corporate America

We’re slashing K-12 funding and teachers and then turning our
schools over to private operators. This is hardly good ‘reform’
by Daniel Denvir
America’s K-12 schools are being hollowed out, dismantled and converted to private management. It’s the ultimate outsourcing of our children’s futures.
In Philadelphia, one of America’s largest school districts, layoff notices were recently delivered to 3,859 teachers, aides, administrators and other staff. In Chicago, 850 teachers and staff are being let go. Nationwide, a staggering 335,100 teachers and other local public school jobs have been lost from June 2009 to May 2013, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
It’s easy to blame those layoffs on the sour economy, but that’s only part of the story. The education “reform” movement, a code for privatizing schools, has been using the economic crisis to push its agenda. After the