Yesterday I commented on the ties between donors, connected to UNO, to the Madigan campaign and his support of aiding them with state funding. In my mind it is the game of 'pay to play' or 'its who you know."
The intrusion of firms, run for profit, into public education is wrong. Simple as that. I'm not so naive as to think that politics aren't a part of almost every facet of American capitalism. But keeping for profit companies and politics out of public education ought to be a priority.
Public education is just that. It is one of the pillars of a civil society and the means to help everyone, yes everyone, make it in our society. We need to find ways to keep it free from unnecessary and harmful intrusion by those who want to manipulate it for means other than what is best for our society.
If this sounds a bit too lofty, well, so be it. Schools, education, teachers and students must be given the tools to succeed without being encumbered with the baggage that comes from for profit firms getting their mitts on our public education.
Dick
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