There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our traditional, neighborhood public schools, while, at the same time, clearing the way for unaccountable for-profit charter schools to move in. While I don’t hold out […]
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Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid oversight?
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ALEC, Arne Duncan, Bill Moyers, charter schools, corporate money, Detroit Public Schools, Diane Ravitch, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, Florida, for-profit charter schools, GLEP, Great Lakes Education Project, hedge funds, John Engler, Michigan Board of Education, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, money in politics, Netflix, no child left behind, oversight, privatization, public education, Reed Hastings, schools of choice, teachers union, threats to Democracy 58 Comments
Michigan’s failed experiment with for-profit charter schools gets national attention
It’s nothing new for us. We’ve been talking for years about Michigan’s failed experiment with for-profit charter schools. Now, however, it would seem that word is getting out to the rest of the country. The following clip comes from today’s Washington Post. Charter schools were originally conceived as centers of experimentation and innovation where educators […]
Posted in Education, Michigan Also tagged charter schools, corruption, for-profit charter schools, John Engler, privatization 11 Comments