On January 23rd of this year, two weeks before billionaire turned anti-public education crusader Betsy DeVos was sworn in as Secretary of Education, Congressman Steve King of Iowa introduced HR 610, a bill which, if passed into law, would replace Lyndon Johnson’s landmark 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with something that King and […]
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Republicans introduce bill to replace 1965 legislation that guarantees free and equitable public education for all with a national voucher program intended to kill public education as we know it
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Bible, call to action, charter schools, dismantling of public education, Education and Workforce Committee, equality, equity, ESEA, Free Appropriate Public Education, homelessness, homeschool, HR 610, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Iowa, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Mike Bishop, Minneapolis Start Tribune, National School Lunch Program, Network for Public Education, Nevada, nutrition, pledge allegiance, poverty, private school, privatization, racism, religious extremism, School Choice Act, school lunches, school vouchers, Steve King, Tim Walberg, war on poverty 17 Comments
School lunches: processed, fried, and driving up corporate profits
Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about British chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to make America’s school lunches less toxic? Well, it would seem that, perhaps thanks to him, the press in this country is beginning to take the subject more seriously, looking into just why it is that our schools seem incapable […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged agricultural surplus, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Aramark, Berkley, Chartwells, childhood obesity, Compass Group, fat, Jamie Oliver, Michigan Department of Education, National School Lunch Program, nutrition, Pilgrim’s, privatization, Roland Zullo, school lunches, Sodexo, sugar, Tyson, University of Michigan 14 Comments