Following the pillaging of our nation's economy by bankers and Wall Street gamblers, even more was robbed in the form of bailouts and bonuses for the pirates themselves. Instead of owning up to their destructive economic policies, leaders have turned on schools, imposing on them the same sort of numbers gimmicks to push further exploitation.
Why is this important?
Public schools are part of the foundation of our nation and its society. While profiteers have filled our airwaves, store shelves, bellies, and medicine cabinets with useless to evil trinkets and crap like the Kardashians (and Honey Boo-Boo), public schools prepared young people to become smart citizens and capable workers. Unfortunately, the market has advanced the evils, sent jobs and opportunities overseas, and the very wealthy few have laughed all the way to the bank and turned upon schools--hoping to repurpose them into cost efficient factories for future cheap labor. It's time to take back democracy.
