Sunday, December 16, 2012

Why You Can Kiss Public Education (and the Middle Class) Goodbye

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http://www.alternet.org/education/why-you-can-kiss-public-education-and-middle-class-goodbye?akid=9806.1117295.kFsun-&rd=1&src=newsletter761596&t=6&paging=off

“All around us, our public institutions are disintegrating, and the most important public institution of all – our public education system – is the next to be ghettoized.

Despite several progressive victories this Election Day, there was one significant defeat in Georgia, as voters approved of Constitutional Amendment 1, which changes Georgia’s Constitution to give Republicans in that state the power to create charter schools as part of Georgia’s public education system. The result will be crucial taxpayer dollars being funneled away from free public schools and directed toward brand new, sometimes for-profit, privately-run charter schools.”

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