While both sides of the political aisle accept that NCLB has been a tremendous failure for our public schools (especiall
y schools in poor urban areas), it is important that we all realize that the "reformers
" that are leading these pseudo-ref
orm movements are all right-lean
ing private citizens who run foundation
s that are working to privatize our public system (Gates Foundation
, Walton Foundation
, StudentsFi
rst etc). The small schools pseudo 'academic' model that many new charters imitate, the expensive voucher system that is mostly used by middle class America to go to religious institutio
ns, the "only takes a great teacher" initiative
, and anti-tenur
e legislatio
n are all part of their agenda to eliminate the public education system. With this goal in mind and with these "reformers
" leading the charge, it shouldn't be surprising that poor urban youth are being left behind more than ever before.
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