tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13850388.post1886470093844021047..comments2023-09-05T07:08:28.140-07:00Comments on solidaridad: LAPU's Ben Austin Creating Hysteria AgainRobert D. Skeels * rdsathenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920561332154131328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13850388.post-28877914053712108432009-06-22T21:22:47.745-07:002009-06-22T21:22:47.745-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert D. Skeels * rdsathenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920561332154131328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13850388.post-24622025403518121462009-06-22T21:14:12.962-07:002009-06-22T21:14:12.962-07:00Astroturf organization Los Angeles Parents Union&#...Astroturf organization Los Angeles Parents Union's Gabe Rose wrote a short blog praising Obama's backwards views on education. Here is the response I posted:<br /><br />The Obama administration supports further neoliberal cuts to education as evidenced by his selection of the reactionary pro-corporate Arne Duncan for Secretary of Education. Privitization has brought nothing but suffering to every public sector it has been applied to, and here you are advocating it for public education. Since there isn't a single person at Green-Dot or the Parent Counterrevolution who holds a degree in education, this might be somewhat eye opening. I know the ink is still drying on your degree, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't educate yourself on what you're cheereading here. I'd tell you to pass these on to your bosses, but their just businessmen and lawyers, hardly interested in education articles. Here are some places for you to start.<br /><br />Arne Duncan and the Chicago Success Story: Myth or Reality?<br />by Jitu Brown, Eric (Rico) Gutstein, and Pauline Lipman<br />http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/23_03/arne233.shtml<br /><br />The big enchilada<br />by famed education expert Jonathan Kozol<br />http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/08/0081606<br /><br />Charter schools and the attack on public education<br />by educator and activist Sarah Knopp<br />http://isreview.org/issues/62/feat-charterschools.shtmlRobert D. Skeels * rdsathenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920561332154131328noreply@blogger.com