Charter School Scandals Resemble the Subprime Mortgage Crisis..short but powerful video.

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3. Here are 2 well-known well-researched blogs that explore similar themes.

ABCs of DumbDown

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF CHARLOTTE ISERBYT. Also see: http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com and http://www.americandeception.com. Iserbyt is the consummate whistleblower! She served as Sen.Policy Advisor in the OERI., U.S. Dept. of Ed., during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms. Iserbyt is a former school board director and co-founder of Guardians of Education for Maine (GEM). She served in the American Red Cross on Guam and Japan during the Korean War, and in the US Foreign Service in Belgium and in the Rep of South Africa. Iserbyt is a speaker and writer, best known for her 1999 (2011) book the deliberate dumbing down of america. She also wrote Back to Basics Reform or OBE: Skinnerian International Curriculum (1985) and Soviets in the Classroom: America's Latest Education Fad (1989). She has published numerous articles in major news outlets.

Another:

On Data, Part Three: Comparing Wall Street With Public Education