As you know, I’m not a big fan of the post-No Child Left Behind public education system we have here in America. I believe, as I’ve stated before on several occasions, that the American public school system, which was once the envy of the world, is being purposefully dismantled by wealthy individuals, and the politicians […]
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Looking at the Finland model for public education
Posted in Education, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged education reform, excessive testing, Finland, FInnish Lessons, Olli Luukkainen, Pasi Sahlberg, public education, tax the rich, teach to the test, the exploitation of the stupid, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, threats to the middle class 24 Comments
Bill Moyers on plutocracy
Bill Moyers spoke at Boston University a week or so ago, on the occasion of the the first Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture. Here’s video, for those of you who haven’t seen it yet. Watch this video on YouTube You can find a full transcript at TruthOut.org, but here’s my favorite part. …Yet the isolation continues […]
Posted in Economics, Politics Also tagged A People’s History of the United States, Bill Moyers, Boston Univeristy, Citigroup, economic crash, Edward R. Murrow, Fair Elections Now Act, get the money out of Washington, Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn Lecture Series, money in politics, Plutocracy, plutonomists, Revisiting Plutonomy: The Rich Getting Richer, rich get richer, Roger D. Hodge, the growing gap between rich and poor, the veneration of wealth 11 Comments