Patrick Hayes on “The Big Sleazy” or How to Save Your Public Schools from the Parasites

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1. Linda says:

   November 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm

   In the Progressive Populist, Dec. 1, 2015, Jesse Jackson, in a column, cites Center for Media and Democracy reporting, “…$ 3.7 billion in federal money has been larded onto charter schools-the centerpiece of the so-called reformers’ agenda-during the last two decades with virtually no accountability. The result is often a simple rip-off…”
   He specifically references New York Success Academy schools, relative to after-enrollment, cherry picking.
   He describes charter schools as spreading like kudzu.
   Justifying the exploitation of minority families and taxpayers, under the guise of a civil rights movement, is one of many reasons, Congressional hearings are long overdue..

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2. GregB says:

   November 24, 2015 at 4:14 pm

   I read the link to federal civil rights complaint in New Orleans and this jumped out at me:

   “The schools demand a uniformity among the students and enforce it with harsh discipline for petty matters such as: (1) requiring all students to firmly shake the hands of their teachers and administrators at the beginning of each day and before each class; (2) walking straight on a line; (3) being required to be silent “at level zero” in the hallways, often at lunchtime or whenever a teacher demands; (4) being required to sit in an upright position all day, hands folded on the desk, feet planted firmly on the floor, and looking straight ahead; (5) being required to raise their hand in lock-elbow position in class or receive demerits if their arm is not straight, (6) being suspended for minor misbehaviors like laughing too much, inappropriate displays of affection such as hugging a friend, and most commonly for being ‘disrespectful.'”

   I certainly would have been kicked out of school very early. One wonders how this prepares the students to be independent thinkers and citizens.

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