Why Are the Rich So Interested in Public-School Reform?

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3. Because they want fire the professionals, install low paid, low skill workers and pocket the profit

The motivation for privatizing schools is money. Just like prison system.

When your kids graduate, all the jobs will be in low skill, unregulated labor markets in Asia.

Democrats are in love with this model. I can't figure out why.

Public schools educated the the most innovated generation in world history in USA.

From nuclear powered submarines to electronics to rocket ships to moon, sky scrappers, medical advances, public schools got it done.

Now, economic conditions means that children get little help from parents sicne both are working. Parents expect schools to do everything. Religious and other right wingers have mixed in politics.

Texas School board mandates education textbooks for rest of country.

Homework and endless testing is killing my kids. Hard to know where to start, things are so fucked up.