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Related: About this forumLouisiana Going Private
Sorry if this is old news, I just heard about it. Louisiana is privatizing its entire school system. Completely insane.
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Louisiana Going Private (Original Post)
Shagman
Jun 2012
OP
That is just the beginning. Corporations wanted this system all along.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#1
At some point I doubt you'll be allowed to unless you buy corporate materials and take the
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#6
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)1. That is just the beginning. Corporations wanted this system all along.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)2. yep - way too much money involved to ignore
and can easily be done on-the-cheap. Hire only inexperienced teachers. Cram as many students into a classroom as physically possible. Barebone schools.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)3. Two tier system for sure. Those who have and those who don't
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)4. If that happened when my kids were young,
I would just plain Home School them instead, rather than have some corporation, or religious organization, make profits off citizen's tax money.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)6. At some point I doubt you'll be allowed to unless you buy corporate materials and take the
corporate tests and pay a fee to the corporations for the privilege.
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)5. hopefully it will fail sooner rather than later and people
will finally wake up and smell the coffee.
ellen fl
Shagman
(135 posts)7. Wait, It Gets Worse
Mittens likes the idea so much, he wants everybody to have it.
snarky story
The link to the "White Paper" is already broken, which shouldn't come as a surprise.