Sunday, August 4, 2013

North Carolina Becomes the Front Line of a Brutal Corporate Assault on Education Raging in America | Alternet

North Carolina Becomes the Front Line of a Brutal Corporate Assault on Education Raging in America | Alternet
"Corporate education forces are on a destructive march throughout the U.S. While busting teachers' unions has been long been an initiative of the GOP and Christian Right, it’s also on the agendas of urban mayors like Chicago Democrat Rahm Emmanuel and New York City independent Michael Bloomberg. And it’s a large component of the regressive agenda that has sparked mass popular uprisings in Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin.
Enter the notoriously right-wing North Carolina General Assembly."