Saturday, September 14, 2013

Introducing the Progressive’s Public School Shakedown site and writers | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Introducing the Progressive’s Public School Shakedown site and writers | Crazy Crawfish's Blog:

Introducing the Progressive’s Public School Shakedown site and writers

Posted on September 14, 2013

The online magazine, the Progressive, has recruited some of the best pro-public education writers across the nation (and me) to produce content for their Attack on Public Schools coverage called “Public School Shakedown.”
For a list of my other esteemed colleagues who will be featured please refer to this page:http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/featured-writers-all and consider bookmarking this site for easy/quick reference to a variety of education content from all your favorite writers in one place. http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/
For information about what the Progressive is hoping to achieve with this rollout please refer to this page:http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/about
For easier reference I have copied the contents below:
The Attack on Public Schools

A fundamental struggle for democracy is going on behind the scenes in statehouses around the country, as a handful of wealthy individuals and foundations pour money into efforts to privatize the public schools.
So far, the “school choice” movement has succeeded in setting the terms 
  
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