Nancy Loome blasts charter schools
The Parents’ Campaign Nancy Loome blasted charter schools in a column that appeared in newspapers around Mississippi:
Is public education for sale? (Your Word)
Is our children’s education for sale to the highest bidder? Indications are that it could be.
In many states, education policy is being driven by lobbyists for big-money corporations that are profiting from state education dollars through “school choice” initiatives – legislation that sends public school money to for-profit “education” organizations that often run lousy schools on the cheap in order to pay stockholders nice dividends.
It’s a booming industry. For-profits pay handsomely to influence education legislation to benefit their bottom line. Lobbyists aggressively push their agenda, donating to political campaigns through PACs that aren’t required to reveal their funders, running multimillion dollar ad campaigns to influence public opinion, and funding foundations that push their for-profit agenda.
Jackson Jambalaya
12/15/12
Magnolia Tribune
