Editor’s note: Doug Martin’s work supplies a kind of corrective to the simple “top-line” story and understanding of the education reform movement. It can be understood to be “about” management and assessment to enforce a…
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Freedom really is just another word for nothing left to lose.
Welcome to Freedom-land. Seriously, think about it. The world’s greatest power has increased its own poverty levels to where full 1/3 of the population lives in this state. Many of us commoners believe the state…
The Crony Corruption of the Indiana Charter School Board: Mining Kids for Cash
(The following is a letter Doug Martin recently sent to the Indiana Charter School Board, which is now taking comments concerning their corporate school reform agenda. Take the opportunity to email them and let them…
The News Imbued with Charter Ague
Our friend and contributor Doug Martin updates us daily, bright and early, at his Facebook page, Indiana Government Exposed, as to the extent in which our public schools are being degraded, down-graded, and defunded by…
Project Lead the Way–Engineering Children for Corporate Military Fodder
[In the following Doug Martin once again connects the dots for us. “Right-wing” now seems to mean only “Mammon-Worship” and I’m certain that we need no political affiliation any longer to describe this disease. The…
Accumulation by Dispossession: Land Theft Masquerading as “Empowering Parents”
Just read these two pieces and see if you need much more to understand the reality of what “loosing” the beast upon the prey that is your public schools, and by very near and dear…