Showing posts with label For Profit Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label For Profit Education. Show all posts

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Who Is Profiting From Charters? The Big Bucks Behind Charter School Secrecy, Financial Scandal and Corruption | Alternet

Who Is Profiting From Charters? The Big Bucks Behind Charter School Secrecy, Financial Scandal and Corruption | Alternet
"Studies shows that charter schools don’t typically outperform public schools and they often tend to increase racial and class segregation. So one must wonder, what exactly is motivating these school “reformers”? And why have they pushed for more and more closure — and new charter schools — at such an unprecedented rate in recent years?"

Thursday, May 9, 2013

How School Privatizers Buy State-Level Elections | Common Dreams

How School Privatizers Buy State-Level Elections | Common Dreams
"A fundamental struggle for democracy is going on behind the scenes in statehouses around the country, as a handful of wealthy individuals and foundations pour money into efforts to privatize the public schools."

Friday, May 3, 2013

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Exposed: How Murdoch, Bill Gates and Big Corporations are Data Mining our Schools

Exposed: How Murdoch, Bill Gates and Big Corporations are Data Mining our Schools
"Starting next year, those scores, along with students' personal information – race, economic background, report cards, discipline records and personal addresses – will be stored in a database designed by Wireless Generation, a subsidiary of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
That's right, Rupert Murdoch can read your child's report card anytime he likes and he knows where your kid is sleeping."