"On privatization in and of education. Please click the link to read about the edubusiness giant Pearson facing reputational risks as we escalate our offensive as unions around the globe." - M Maluleke _____
Huffington Post.jpg 19 December 2015 Even Santa Can't Save Pearson (Mis)Education Alan Singer, Huffington Post, Australia, 19 December 2015 "Pearson's efforts in the global south to make education a commodity to be bought and sold is a serious threat to democracy and will ultimately increase segregation and marginalisation." Mugwena Maluleke 'Internationally Pearson is also not doing very well. South Africa <http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5a5477a6-77c5-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html#ax zz3uKq3Y4JC> sharply cut back on the purchase of Pearson textbooks. In the Philippines <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/pearson-germ-in-the-phili_b_86218 42.html> , Pearson is under attack for undermining public education. Pearson does not rule the waves.jpg 'Last summer, in an open letter <http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/ltr_pearson_042315.pdf> co-signed by educators from around the world, Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), and a former math teacher and Principal of Tshwane's Rodney Mokoena Junior Secondary School, accused Pearson of "turning its back on free public education for all" in its efforts to "commercialise and privatise education at all levels." According to Maluleke <http://www.ei-ie.org/en/executive_boards/bio/mugwena_maluleke> , "Pearson's efforts in the global south to make education a commodity to be bought and sold is a serious threat to democracy and will ultimately increase segregation and marginalisation."' Read the full article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/even-santa-cant-save-pear_b_882582 0.html?ir=Australia -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
