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A primer on the damaging movement to privatize public schools - The Washington Post

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DON'T MISS THIS  if you  want to see the myth laid bare. How and why some reformers want to privatize the public education system by veteran educator Marion Brady -- a concise guide to the privatization movement. He begins with an overview of the talking points and tactics of the privatizers!

"Notwithstanding their serious problems, America’s public schools were once the envy of the world. Now, educators around that world shake their heads in disbelief (or maybe cheer?) as we spend billions of dollars to standardize what once made America great—un-standardized thought."

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