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The failure of austerity disguised as "school reform"
- 07-08-2011
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Blog by Mike Klonsky/Small Talk
The latest dismal job figures, in an indirect way, demonstrate the grand failure of the current so-called school reform which is based largely on austerity, rather than real, substantial school improvement. While there is continued job growth in the private sector, particularly in manufacturing, public sector jobs are disappearing by the hundreds of thousands. While they didn't cause the crisis, President Obama and Ed Sec. Arne Duncan have joined hands with teacher bashing conservatives in trying to balance the budget on the backs of teachers and other public-service workers. They have managed to frame the debate as being between which teachers, older or younger, should be riffed first. Unfortunately, teacher union leaders have gone along with this narrative and have even, to some degree, accepted student test scores as the means to decide who goes first. (more...)
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