Remember
this face.
You will
soon learn to
appreciate that this is
a face only a mother
could love.
The “Center for
Media & Democracy” (CMD) has taken up the cause of
exposing the wonderful folks who are bringing us to the end of Public
Education. I recall the days when “Charter
Schools” were all the rage, and listening to the call that this was
going to be the saving grace for our Nation’s education system. Well, looks
like they are finally getting their cake and eating it, too. The CMD has
launched a project called “OutsourcingAmericaExposed.org”. They’ve
come up with an initial accounting of twelve corporations that have made
serious inroads on the take-over of our Public Schools. It is not lost that,
coincidently, our State and Federal prison system is being taken over in a
similar fashion. (More on the Prison System later.)
As the
caption, above, reads, this fellow runs a little “consulting” firm called K12, Inc. No, the company has nothing to do with mountains in
Nepal. They have everything to do with little Johnny’s kindergarten through twelfth
grade education. The corporate classroom is where our children and grandchildren
are headed to be educated exactly how the owners of this Country see fit. Only
one small glitch so far. They haven’t been experiencing much success. With only
¼ of their schools making the grade [1], they are struggling to meet even the
least strenuous State criteria. What they do extremely well is get paid. The
gentleman pictured above took in a cool $19 million for 2013 (according to
their 10-k report). The same report boasts of $848.2 million in gross income
for 2013 with $730.8 million coming from their “managed public schools”. [1] You may ask, “Where
the Hell do they get this kind of money?” The answer isn’t going to surprise
you, but it sure as Hell better concern you. This money comes from diverted
educational funds allocated by the U.S. Congress. Yup! Your tax dollars are
funding this supposedly capitalistic venture in educating our youth.
According to
a release by the Center for Media and Democracy, there are twelve major
players, so far, making “phatt” money off the spoils of Federal taxation. When
was the last time you ran
into a
teacher who was making $19 million, and whose company investors were the likes
of Mike Milken and Wall St. investment firms? [1] ………………………I didn’t think so!
The only
advice I can render is, “Hold on to your wallets. They’re coming for every last
penny they think they can bleed from you.” I do sincerely hope that the
citizens of this Nation wake up and react to the corporate take-over of
virtually every institution we hold near and dear.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
- Hint: They aren’t your local
teachers, nurses and social workers
- New initiative will expose
the CEOs who take over public services
and divert millions of tax
dollars out of communities and into their pockets.
CenterForMediaAnd Democracy.org
