by Education Radio
Founded in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, Teach For America has become the personnel agency for corporate school reform. School districts fire experienced, often black teachers to hire underpaid TFA recruits with 5 weeks training to do brief "missionary work" stints in public schools before moving on. Turning teaching into Wal-Mart style temp work is what TFA is all about.
Click the flash player below to listen to part one of this vitally important two hour audio program prepared by the good people at Education Radio.
The African radical, anti-imperialist, internationalist movement, sees the Chinese state and the Chinese people much differently than the U.S. state and its ruling class.
“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.” ― Angela Y. Davis
More than half the 1.2 million Americans displaced by “urban renewal” were Black.
“Interest convergence” and “pragmatic compromise” are euphemisms for what might better be called opportunism and truth-avoidance.
This week cutting through the corporate media buzz on US fascism was on your minds.
