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Don’t be fooled by the spin: Republicans are banning courses and harassing teachers out of their job

By Amanda Marcotte

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Carol Corbett Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education described the end game that Republicans are aiming for: “It will be a stratified system, where wealthy kids receive the absolute best education; kids in the middle will probably receive a decent education; and kids that are poor and disadvantaged will sit in a big room in front of computers with someone standing at the door keeping them in.”

You can read Amanda Marcotte’s piece in Salon here.