"There's a lot of talk these days about the growing support for a privatization of America's public school system, and what it augurs over the long haul. "
It's bad enough the influence the State of Texas has on school curriculum nationally. I can't wait to see the future of America's students when the US Chamber of Commerce is deciding what they learn.
The push for privatization intimates that the US Government is incompetent to run major enterprises, and that Teachers Unions are the problem with US Education when the fact is the poor state of public education rests primarily on poor American parenting skills.
It maybe the goal of your piece to build a bridge between factions, but how is "Public-ization" of school systems, in essence taking public funds to underwrite private enterprise, any different than mandating people to buy a for profit health insurance policy from private industry? What these trends signify to me is that the "Free Market" from the corporate perspective is dead and the business model now requires raiding public coffers in order to meet investors expectations.
In other words, "public-ization" has nothing to do with the education of America's children.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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