| The End of Public Schools: "Paul Horton, who teaches history at the University of Chicago Lab School, here analyzes the origins of neoliberalism and its attack on the public sector. The "rhetoric of economic freedom" has put a price tag everything. Self-interest and me-first have become the ideology of the day, and anyone who dares to think of what is he best interest of society or how to raise up the poor is scorned as a Marxist or collectivist."In effect, "the invisible hand" behind the push to create new education markets is coming from Wall Street investors who are flush with capital for investment. Wall Street bundlers and investment firms are buying up stock in charter school companies and big education vendors. These bundlers not only fund both party's campaigns, they also sell stock, betting on the futures of big education vendors, start-ups, charter schools, and vouchers. |
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