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He's handing over city resources and functions to corporate predators so they can profiteer at the expense public workers and most Chicagoans. He's forcing on Chicago what Obama and Congress are doing to America.
Privatizing schools is prioritized. It's happening in Chicago and across America. Public education is on the chopping block for elimination. Richard M. Daley began it during his mayoral tenure.
He called it Chicago's Renaissance 2010 Turnaround strategy. He planned 100 or more new "high-performing" elementary and high schools in the city by that date. Under five year contracts, they're "held accountable".to create innovative learning environments under one of three "governance structures:"
(1) charter schools
(2) privatized contract schools run by so-called "independent nonprofit organizations"
(3) "performance schools with freedom and flexibility on many district initiatives and policies."
Under the 1996 Illinois Charter Schools Law, quasi private/public charter schools are called "public schools of choice, selected by students and parents".to take responsible risks and create new, innovative and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system."
Orwell couldn't have said it better. Stealth privatizations plan eliminating public schools entirely.
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