3 chapters across the catalog
Representative Debbie Dingell reveals that Hillary Clinton has been arranging private charter flights to evacuate women from Afghanistan. The hosts question the legality of these private diplomatic actions and the contrast between her success and the official government struggle.
The push for charter schools is linked to a broader agenda of marginalizing students and routing them toward the privatized prison system. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is noted as an investor in the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The hosts argue that early identification of "failing" students through Common Core leads to a "fast track to prison" and a return to 19th-century-style slave labor.
Charter Schools, Education Privatization, New York City
President Obama's education initiative focuses on incentivizing performance, which critics argue leads to the closure of public schools and the transfer of real estate to for-profit charter schools. A teacher from New York City reports that charter schools often exclude students with behavioral problems or language barriers, effectively privatizing the system while leaving the most vulnerable students behind.
