Sentences with phrase «corporate privatization agenda»

This was not done ten years ago with public school programs because it did not fit in with the corporate privatization agenda.

It's time to stop the corporate privatization agenda.»

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Rather, they result from policies pushed by the corporate education reform movement and its privatization agenda, and embraced by the U.S. Department of Education.

As teacher unions step up their calls to stop the «corporate agenda» in education and to confront the «privatization» movement, there is a far more real and serious threat facing teacher unions.

DeVos and her ilk have succeeded in politicizing the education debate to such an extent that historically nonpartisan contests have seen clear divides between candidates who defend public education (and are often backed by Democrats, progressives and teacher unions) and candidates who align with the DeVos agenda (and who are often backed by Republicans, social conservatives and corporate interests that favor privatization).

The Corporate Education Reform Industry, with the help of elected officials likes of Dannel Malloy, Andrew Cuomo, Jeb Bush and others, have used the problems facing public schools in poorer communities to institute an agenda of more standardized testing, inappropriate teacher evaluation programs and the privatization of public education through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools.

All the while, it's moving the corporate - elite agenda of privatization forward by leaps and bounds.

«Next year the legislative leadership will again push an ALEC agenda that favors corporate executives» interests over the values of working West Virginians, a plan that includes privatization.

A key element of bargaining for the common good is challenging the corporate and financial actors who are driving an austerity agenda and profiting off privatization and other policies that threaten our communities.

Malloy has pledged to «stay the course» on his inappropriate, destructive and expensive Common Core - driven corporate education reform and privatization agenda.

As a critical friend of the privatization movement, he was one of the first to see through the guise and sales talk of the corporate school reform agenda of Dr. Tony Bennett, the Mind Trust, and the mayor's Office of Education Innovation.

«It is not in the best interests of children if House Committee members only hear testimony from people who support the current corporate agenda of further privatization, charter expansion, and high - stakes testing.

Despite widespread public opposition to the corporate - driven education privatization agenda, at least 172 measures reflecting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model bills were introduced in 42 states in 2015, according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy, publishers of ALECexposed.org and PRWatch.org.

ALEC continues to push a corporate - driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.