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The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman. Chomsky: Public Edu Under Massive Corporate Assault — What's Next? August 5, 2011 | Like this article?

Chomsky: Public Edu Under Massive Corporate Assault — What's Next?

Join our email list: DianeRavitch: Are Charter Schools Public Schools? - Bridging Differences. How the Billionaire boys Club is running - and ruining - education. First, let's set the scene, or if you will, the justification used for the actions advocated by the "reformers" funded by the Billionaire Boys Club.

How the Billionaire boys Club is running - and ruining - education

At least since a Nation at Risk in 1983, the American people have been hammered with the theme that our students are falling behind in international competitions. We heard that again with the release by OECD of the most recent PISA scores. But we should remember the caution of Mark Twain he attributed in part to Disraeli, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. "