Karen Lewis and Lois Weiner: Educators Push Back Against Obama’s "Business Model" for School Reforms

Educators Push Back Against Obama’s "Business Model" for School Reforms
Democracy Now

It’s back-to-school season. As millions of children around the country begin a new school year, the Obama administration is aggressively moving forward on a number of education initiatives, from expanding charter schools to implementing new national academic standards. We talk to Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Lois Weiner, a professor of education at New Jersey City University.

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Democracy Now: Juan Gonzalez -- Big Banks Making a Bundle On New Construction as Schools Bear the Cost

Juan Gonzalez: Big Banks Making a Bundle On New Construction as Schools Bear the Cost
Democracy Now

"Wealthy investors and major banks have been making windfall profits by using a little-known federal tax break to finance new charter-school construction," Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez write in the New York Daily News. "The program, the New Markets Tax Credit, is so lucrative that a lender who uses it can almost double his money in seven years."

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