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Trump opposes federal involvement in education. But do his plans ensure a 'Race to the Bank'? -by Carol Burris

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Real consequences of 'school choice' - The Washington Post

Trump's plan is a radical plan, not a conservative plan. Conservatives don't blow up traditional institutions. The elimination of democratically governed schools is the true agenda of those who embrace choice. The talk of “civil rights” is smoke and mirrors to distract. Public schools are not a partisan issue. People of all political parties serve on local school boards.  Do we want our schools to be governed by our neighbors whom we elect to school boards, or do we want our children’s education governed by corporations that have no real accountability to the families they serve? Do we to want to build our communities, or fracture them, as neighborhood kids get on different buses to attend voucher schools, or are forced to go to charters because their community public school is now the place that only those without options go?

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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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