According to the Detroit News, our Governor’s secret education privatization task force, nicknamed the Skunk Works, was just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, in spite of Snyder’s pledge to bring unprecedented transparency to Lansing, a great deal of the legislation coming out of the Capital these days seems to be the product of corporate […]
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Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy
Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged corporatocracy, cyber school, education reform, Michigan is doomed, privatization, Rick Snyder, Royal Oak, school vouchers, secrecy, shadow government, Sidney Kardon, skunk works, threats to Democracy, threats to public education, transparency 25 Comments
Governor Snyder’s office and corporate interests conspire in “secret work group” to bring voucher system to Michigan K-12 education
In November, I told you about an attempt on the part of the Michigan Republicans to create a parallel, for-profit education system, right alongside the Michigan public school system, unanswerable to anyone, save for an appointee of the Governor. Well, according to a report in yesterday’s Detroit News, things are progressing quickly thanks to the […]
Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bay Mills Community College, Bhushan Kulkarni, charter schools, David Behen, dismantling of public education, distance education, EduCard, edutainment, keeping the poor from education, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MEA, Michigan Education Association, Michigan Education Card, Mike Huckabee, public education, public school teachers, Rick Snyder, school vouchers, Steve Cook, teachers, threats to public education, top secret, trends in American education, value school 38 Comments