What I am seeing is a purposeful plot to destroy public schools, and to profit from the destruction.

[davidthegnome]

97. Well now...

When you make something mandatory for all citizens, there tends to be a significant amount of profit within it. Take health insurance, for instance... not that I'm saying that either mandatory public education or health insurance are bad ideas. They are certainly managed the wrong way though. So many of these wealthy reformers, individuals, corporate types... who have no real experience with the system of public education - who are not educators - think that they have both the intellect and the right to determine how our schools should be run. Who should we listen to regarding education? Public school teachers... who have been teaching for decades... or Michelle Rhee, perhaps, or even our beloved Mayor Bloomberg?

From what I know of the reformation movement, it's leaders are generally wealthy individuals who stand to earn significant profits from it's implementation. Given the current state of affairs in our Country, with money serving in place of justice, integrity, or principle... well, this doesn't come as a surprise.

It's despicable... but what are we going to do about it? The problem, I frequently find... is that we increasingly have no solutions to the problems being manufactured by our wealthy leaders.