One-room schoolhouse 1910

Our public schools are not just another product in this consumer culture of ours. Cassandra Vert indicates we may have slept through the first 3 stages of a takeover.

We have lost so many rights since 1980, but for most there is no defining moment when it happened.  They are eroded little by little. Each incremental step doesn’t seem harmful. There may be people warning against dire consequences, but the sky doesn’t fall, and so we dismiss the warnings.  Then one day we realize we no longer have clean water, workplace safety, or class action suits.  ~How to Lose Public Education in 4 Easy Steps