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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNoam Chomsky: The Assault on Public Education
from In These Times:
The Assault on Public Education
One of Americas greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace.
BY Noam Chomsky
Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, student protests have recently been held in Britain, Canada, Chile, Taiwan and elsewhere.
California is also a battleground. The Los Angeles Times reports on another chapter in the campaign to destroy what had been the greatest public higher education system in the world: California State University officials announced plans to freeze enrollment next spring at most campuses and to wait-list all applicants the following fall pending the outcome of a proposed tax initiative on the November ballot.
Similar defunding is under way nationwide. In most states, The New York Times reports, it is now tuition payments, not state appropriations, that cover most of the budget, so that the era of affordable four-year public universities, heavily subsidized by the state, may be over.
Community colleges increasingly face similar prospectsand the shortfalls extend to grades K-12. .............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12985/the_assualt_on_public_education
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Noam Chomsky: The Assault on Public Education (Original Post)
marmar
Apr 2012
OP
Thank you!!!! George Carlin explains it perfectly in this. No more need be said. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
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Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)1. Isn't it clear as day that Repukes seek to dumb down populations?
Only stupid people would vote against their own self-interests, by voting for Repukes. Why would Repukes not make destroying education one of their primary goals?
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)2. That's the way the Owners want it
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)4. Thank you!!!! George Carlin explains it perfectly in this. No more need be said. nt
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)3. There's also BIG money to be made
in privatized education and standardized testing. It's a win/win!