Community Schools: Progressive Reform Or Privatization Trojan Horse?
In this symposium:
Community Schools Will Help Unions and Education
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Community schools are a way to address the challenges faced by low-income school districts; they also provide a unique opportunity to create bottom-up, democratically controlled school governance.
Community Schools and the Dangers of Ed Tech Privatization
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Bottom-up democracy through community schools sounds like a great idea, but there are many dangers from these ‘charter schools on steroids.”
Reply to Klyczek
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We shouldn’t assume that union and community efforts will inevitably succumb to corporate co-optation.