Professional doofus Jon Chait thinks teachers unions––who fight for things like "students", "supplies" and "baseline worker protection"––are a big, evil interest that needs fighting. Mysteriously though, the billionaires who back charter schools and gutting teachers unions are scrappy and care care about poor black kids. On this Patron News Brief we discuss.
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What Happens When Elizabeth Warren Sells Out to Powerful Interests?
Jonathan Chait | January 13, 2019 | New York Magazine Intelligencer
Ben Mathis-Lilley | January 14, 2019 | Slate
Citations Needed, Episode 01 : The Charter School Scam
Adam Johnson & Nima Shirazi | July 11, 2017 | Citations Needed
Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History
Rebecca Burns | October 30, 2018 | In These Times
How charter schools are prolonging segregation
Andre M. Perry | December 11, 2017 | Brookings
Don't Believe the Charter School Hype
Charles P. Pierce | September 19, 2016 | Esquire
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