Stephen Lendman’s Articles
- Blood in the Streets in Occupied Palestine September 18, 2015
- Near Zero Percent Federal Funds Rate Since December 2008 September 18, 2015
- Republicans Again Fail to Block Iran Nuclear Deal September 18, 2015
- Iceland Boycotts Israel September 18, 2015
- Irresponsible US China Bashing September 17, 2015
The way privatization of education was done in New Orleans is the model for the billionaires and Race to the Top today. If we are not educated as to the circumstances within which we make these choices and well informed as to the implications for our society and our children that each educational choice brings, we may awaken to find a system not of our own making, one instead that is constructed to do the bidding for those who conceive, control and otherwise make the educational ‘choices’ as to how we are going to live
Education Secretary, Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina:
the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from the transcript of a television interview made public Friday afternoon