Education Secretary Arne Duncan the Shock Doctrine

[cjbgreen]

Yes, Arne we want more of our school districts to experience a Katrina so we can replace public education with for profit models, nothing like a "little shock and awe" to take over school systems. Good old Arne who knows nothing about education except how to run it like a business and produce widgets.

[msongs]

1. he is speaking on behalf of Obama, so why criticize him as the main fault? nt

[Goldstein1984]

2. Agreed. He's an appointee

The opinions he expresses are the property of the appointer.

I agree about the exploitation of Katrina to institute non-public public education in New Orleans, but I haven't seen the travesty generally acknowledged, nor have I seen the current administration do anything to tackle the problem of charter schools being Trojan horses.

[ncteechur]

3. that is not what he said so don't characterize it that way. I don't agree with Sec Duncan on

everything but you are misrepresenting what he said.

[glitch]

4. What exactly did he say, do you recall or have a link? Thanks! nt

[lib_wit_it]

5. So true! Here's an oldie but goodie regarding running schools like businesses:

http://www.jamievollmer.com/blue_story.html

Please share liberally!