The solution to US public schools is not corporate America

Daniel Denvir:

America's K-12 schools are being hollowed out, dismantled and converted to private management. It's the ultimate outsourcing of our children's futures.

In Philadelphia, one of America's largest school districts, layoff notices were recently delivered to 3,859 teachers, aides, administrators and other staff. In Chicago, 850 teachers and staff are being let go. Nationwide, a staggering 335,100 teachers and other local public school jobs have been lost from June 2009 to May 2013, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

It's easy to blame those layoffs on the sour economy, but that's only part of the story. The education "reform" movement, a code for privatizing schools, has been using the economic crisis to push its agenda. After the public schools have their budgets and staff cut, private management companies offer to come in and save the day.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 25, 2013 12:09 AM
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