How Billionaires Are Successfully Fooling Us Into Destroying Public Education-by Diane Ravitch

"Something unprecedented is happening to American public education. A powerful, well-funded, well-organized movement is seeking to privatize significant numbers of public schools and destroy the teaching profession. This movement is not a conspiracy; it operates in the open. But its goals are masked by deceptive rhetoric. It calls itself a “reform” movement, but its true goal is privatization. Some of its funders and promoters on the far right of the political spectrum are motivated by ideological contempt for the public sector; others  believe they are providing better choices for poor children “trapped in failing schools.” Still others believe that elected local school boards are incompetent and should be replaced by private management, and some are motivated by greed, while others are motivated by religious conviction." Read the reality.