I am a public school teacher. I am here to celebrate the strengths and benefits of the American public education system as well as to offer my opinions about productive and meaningful reform. While there is much change needed in public education, the current reform effort being headed by a small cast of billionaires and a disconnected political elite is misguided and is actually harming our education system. I am here to reclaim public education.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Why Education Reform Isn't Really About Education
When viewed in a larger context, cuts to education are part of a Republican agenda to privatize America, be it social security, medicare, or public schools. Government is getting involved in all levels of our lives (something Republicans normally would resent) to try and change the way we do business. In the end, corporate America and the wealthiest win, and the majority of us lose.
So when education reform comes to your town, you might want to find out if it really has anything to do with education, or if it is about fattening the wallets of the wealthiest while the rest of us suffer.
Reclaim Sesame Street, reclaim Head Start, and reclaim public education!
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