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Five Steps to Destroy Public Education « Diane Ravitch's blog

Five Steps to Destroy Public Education « Diane Ravitch's blog:


Five Steps to Destroy Public Education

An earlier post described the four-step polka in North Carolina enroute to destroying public education, demoralizing teachers, and enriching the private vendors.
Here is a suggestion by another reader, who says it actually is a five-step process.
1.  Under-fund/STARVE the schools financially
2.  Overcrowd the classrooms, reduce programs, supplies
3.  Fail the public school using NCLB and/or Race to the Top laws leaving the public school in death-throws