Bill Phillis: Beware Privatizers Running for Local School Boards!
Bill Phillis, founder of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, warns that privatizers run for local school boards, as they have in Atlanta and other cities. Teach for America has a special outfit called “Leadership for Educational Equity,” which trains its recruits to go into politics and helps to fund their campaigns.
Bill Phillis writes:
Anti-public school advocates run for seats on boards of education to attempt to completely privatize districts
Privatization of the public common schools takes many forms:
· Charter schools
· Vouchers
· Tuition tax credits
· Education savings accounts
· Portfolio districts
· State takeover that can eventually result in turning the district over to private operators
The most ruinous privatization tactic is for privatizers to take control of boards of education
Michelle Dillingham, with the Cincinnati Educational Justice Coalition, reports that some “fierce” school choice candidates are running for board of education seats in Cincinnati. The Justice Coalition has published a list of “qualities” that voters should CONTINUE READING: Bill Phillis: Beware Privatizers Running for Local School Boards! | Diane Ravitch's blog
