On dismantling public education

Perhaps the further degradation of public schools feeds a panicked enthusiasm for even more charters or voucher programs. Perhaps total deprofessionalization. Certainly more of it. Perhaps these reformers get so good at starving these public schools that your own city decides to hire them. Perhaps they are already there.

The final words of this article would be even more chilling if I didn’t know this is already happening in my state and others. The writing is on the wall. If we fail to save public schools from the maw now, the U.S. will never fully recover from the damage.

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