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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Economic Principals  Blog Archive  In the Thrall of the Billionaire Boys Club
The "final solution"? Invoking the Holocaust in a disagreement over educational policy demonstrates staggering moral blindness. That anyone connected with public education would resort to such a tactic is truly sad. Art -----Original Message----- From: free2teach1@aol.com To: arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 12:41 pm Subject: Re: [arn-l] Economic Principals  Blog Archive  In the Thrall of the Billionaire Boys Club Thanks for another great article Monty. David Warsh says his "jaw dropped" when he read the NYT Mag article last weekend by Brill. The war on public education appears to be in the final phase of the final solution. Waiting for Superman, a film featuring interviews with people like Bill Gates and others will soon be opening in a theater near you! This well-financed propaganda is sure to get the public all fired up for more charter schools and vouchers. Like the oil gushing from the bottom of the ocean, there's no way to stop it - or is there? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/Waiting+for+Superman+--+Film+Review-1004061450.story Given the existence of an idealized vision of the community, movements of protest are likely to occur within the political nation when the discrepancy between the image and the reality comes to seem intolerably wide. -- J.H. Elliott Judy Rabin -----Original Message----- From: Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org> To: ARN-L <arn-l@interversity.org>; epata <epata@interversity.org>; arn2-strategy <arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com>; ndsgroup@yahoogroups.com <ndsgroup@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 11:49 am Subject: [arn-l] Economic Principals  Blog Archive  In the Thrall of the Billionaire Boys Club http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2010.05.30/1146.html -- Monty Neill, Ed.D.; Interim Executive Director, FairTest; 15 Court Sq., Ste. 820; Boston, MA 02108; 857-350-8207 x 101; fax 857-350-8209; monty@fairtest.org; http://www.fairtest.org; Donate to FairTest: https://secure.entango.com/donate/MnrXjT8MQqk ------------------------------------------------ Direct list questions to listmom@interversity.net ----------------------------------------------- Report list problems to listmom@interversity.net
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