A school district in Michigan has fired all of its teachers and closed every school, due to budget shortfalls. Just a reminder that yes, this could be the endgame. Chris Hayes has more.
Online charter schools spend millions of taxpayer dollars every year to advertise their schools on things such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. The largest of these educational management organizations, K12 Inc. (which is publicly traded on the NYSE) is currently being sued for making "misleading statements about the academic successes of its schools."
And, speaking of lawsuits, the Chicago Teachers Union is planning to file two federal lawsuits today to stop the Board of Education from closing 53 Chicago elementary schools. The way in which these closings adversely affect African Americans should, I hope, be seen as a violation of their civil rights under, maybe the 14th Amendment?
"...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." I would consider taking away a child's education as depriving them of property without due process of law, but that's just me.
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