Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The view from inside Teach for America

by Eric Maroney from Socialist Worker

The radical author inexplicably finds himself in the company of the new education "reformers", and learns first hand what they are all about.
For all the talk of "equality" and "justice," the individuals at the helm of the reform movement are ruling-class cretins, concerned with creating an education system that is cheap to maintain and produces profit-maximizing entry-level workers. In this model, the students most affected by disability, language barriers, poverty and the achievement gap are sure to be left behind.