Wednesday, January 14, 2015

4 ways privatization is ruining our education system

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet
Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014 08:15 AM EST

Its most deleterious effect: The proliferation of charter schools means underperforming children get left behind

Profit-seeking in the banking and health care industries has victimized Americans. Now it's beginning to happen in education, with our children as the products.
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There are good reasons - powerful reasons - to stop the privatization efforts before the winner-take-all free market creates a new vehicle for inequality. At the very least we need the good sense to slow it down while we examine the evidence about charters and vouchers.
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1. Charter Schools Have Not Improved Education

2. The Profit Motive Perverts the Goals of Education
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3. Advanced Profit-Making: Higher Education
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4. Lower-Performing Children Left Behind
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