| Readers of this blog understand the corporate assault on public education. With few exceptions, you know of Bill Gates' belief that metrics can solve all the world's problems. You are aware from the events in your state or district that corporate raiders look at the public schools as a way to get rich with theirsales pitch for a charter school, a charter chain, a cyberschool, a professional development gig, or new technology.
Again and again, the question arises: How do we get the story to the mainstream media when media giants are cashing in on testing and technology? How can we make the voices of parents and teachers heard? Here it is. Bob Herbert, who was a columnist for the New York Times, tells the story in his new book, Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America (Doubleday). |
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