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They are thieves and I am furious
Pretty much every day I get mad. Yesterday, it was this in the Times, written by Erica Green: Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, are securing coronavirus relief … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged Brown v Topeka, charter schools, COVID 19, government loans for businesses, Libertarian Party, segregation academies, United Federal of Teachers
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Let’s get even deeper into “libertarianism”
I was delighted with Paul Krugman’s column on “libertarianism.” That is, the Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy. That is, what Nancy MacLean’s terrific historical perspective, “Democracy in Chains,” digs into. The Big Lie. Krugman’s column came just as I … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged " Mont Pelerin Society, Betsy DeVos, Brown v Board of Education, charter schools, Democracy in Chains, for-profit virtual charter schools, Koch Bros final solution to democracy, libertarianism, Nancy MacLean, North Carolina public schools, Paul Krugman
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Educating our children: not the way to do it
I’m so vehemently opposed to the deceit of “charter schools” (translation: pseudo private schools — some of them profit-making — which con parents and steal money from public school education), I read this, first on Twitter, and went nuts. So … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, charter schools, Jeff Bezos, public school education, Twitter
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