Yohuru Williams

Astroturf Activism and Corporate Education Reform

The Commonwealth Foundation, a conservative think tank, reportedly compensated counter protesters in Philadelphia on Thursday in a failed effort to give the appearance of popular support for the recent move by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC) to abrogate the contracts of Philadelphia teachers. This is yet another sign of the dangers of corporate education reform and the lengths its proponents are willing to go to stifle dissent and subvert democracy, including resorting to the use of AstroTurf or “fake grassroots” demonstrations and groups.

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False Apologies From Arne Duncan

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made headlines over the weekend with the publication of an editorial in the Washington Post. He appeared to acknowledge the need to reduce the amount of high stakes testing in the nation's public schools.

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