Papantonio: Privatization Push Killing Public Schools

[GoLeft TV]

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the Chicago education protests, and the general assault on public education by elected officials who wish to privatize our school systems in order to enrich their corporate friends.

[DhhD]

1. Looking down the road, we need to keep in mind the fascist curriculum that will be installed by

privatization. The new 18 year old voters will know nothing about democracy. Upon graduating from high school, they will replace the grumpy old white men dying off at the other end of the population; voting for the fascist Platform.

Good, well informed and well educated teachers will be replaced with low wage uncertified teachers by the process of Alternative Certification by corporatist school boards and state Legislators. As an example, Texas is dividing up students for degraded diplomas. These cannot enter college. The student can take the easy curriculum of no Algebra II and half of the science curriculum. Minors can decide their future. What business and art classes will take the place of the once college ready graduating credits? Affective fascism.