The number of teachers and education staff fell dramatically during the Great Recession and has failed to get anywhere near its prerecession level,
Tax credits, vouchers, charter schools, they’re all part of a right-wing program to chip away at public education and actually result in increased racial segregation.
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After six months, Betsy DeVos has taken some major steps to change education policy, and her very presence at the head of the U.S. Education Department signals something important about the past, present and future of public education in the United States. She faces protests at many public appearances, which is why she receives special protection from the U.S. Marshals Service, at an average cost so far this year of $1 million a month.
The organizers never made overt racial arguments, but they were reacting to a system set up by a 1971 desegregation order to create more racial balance.
In the words of Illinois Network of Charter Schools president Andrew Broy, “Chicago has become the epicenter of charter union organizing in the country.”
Elijah Armstrong, an organizer with the National Education Association, talks about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the push to privatize schools.
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