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"A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education"

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Mercedes Schneider's new book on corporate reform is "A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education." This is the description on amazon: --Corporate reform" is not reform at all. Instead, it is the systematic destruction of the foundational American institution of public education. The primary The primary motivation behind this destruction is greed. Public education in America is worth almost a trillion dollars a year. Whereas American public education is a democratic institution, its destruction is being choreographed by a few wealthy, well-positioned individuals and organizations. This book investigates and exposes the handful of people and institutions that are often working together to become the driving force behind destroying the community public school."
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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