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Parent Trigger Laws Coming To Georgia This Year – The Privatization of Education Marches On | Black Agenda Report

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Parent Trigger Laws Coming To Georgia This Year – The Privatization of Education Marches On

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A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce A. Dixon
The forces of education privatization scored a major victory this November in Georgia, thru passage of a cleverly written constitutional amendment back by a multiimillion dollar deceptive ad campaign, and the active backing or complicit silence of much of the black political class.
Parent Trigger Laws Coming To Georgia This Year – The Privatization of Education Marches On
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce A. Dixon
Whenever top Republicans and top Democrats agree on something, it's bound to be bad news for the rest of us. One of the major non-issues in the election just past, as far as Obama and Romney were concerned, was their mutual endorsement of corporate-sponsored education reform, including the dismissal of thousands of highly qualified experienced teachers in favor of teacher-temp