Neighbors,
Here is an example of the idiotic propaganda pushing for privatized
schools. The Inquirer and corporate news never touches on the real and
serious issues which impact schools while they do this cheerleading.
How many times are people going to believe that making a few important
people filthy rich will bring that magic bullet trickling down from
above? If we just believe the lies and rally with positive thinking
around glorious brand names, all the children will become rich and famous.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20110129_Inquirer_Editorial__School_shakeup.html
Like social workers, teachers are sabotaged in a broken system. New
teachers have been fleeing the field for decades. They are denied the
type of environment necessary for professional development and given
crappy "trainings" instead, while they deal with enormous problems in
isolation. Poor underfunded districts lose the remaining new teachers
to better paying healthier wealthy districts.
Poor districts operate on half the money of wealthier districts. (We
only hear that throwing money doesn't solve problems. A few charter
schools are temporarily funded by corporate money. These are then
marketed as proof that privatization rather than adequate funding is the
panacea.)
The fourth grade drop in reading is evidence of the powerful impact of
poverty. Schools absorb these problems although poor communities and
adults can be uplifted along with the students. Aiding and including
the parents terrorized or made helpless by poverty can work well and is
vital to uplifting the children in poverty.
These are just a few of the glaring issues on the surface that are never
covered by the corporate media to help people recognize the actual
source of failing schools and dropout rates.
Glenn
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