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Conservatives are mounting an attack against our nation’s public education system
 Who’s screwed? Students. Conservatives are mounting an attack against our nation’s public education system. Pennsylvania and Florida are the latest states that will consider voucher legislation that would give away millions in federal dollars to private schools so those states can close down public schools. More and more private schools are sprouting up across the country – headed by CEOs who are making a fortune in this new industry. And the people behind the voucher bills have boatloads of money that they’re throwing at politicians. Led by the likes of the mind-bogglingly wealthy DeVos family and the Koch brothers – a slew of right-wing private school groups have launched a coordinated attack against free public education.
One of those groups – People for the American Way – spelled out their strategy in a recent report saying, "The complete privatization of schooling might be desirable, but this objective is politically impossible for the time being. Vouchers are a type of reform that is possible now, and would put us on the path to further privatization." In every study that’s been done on private charter schools – parents are forced to payer high costs for education yet don’t receive any better results compared to public schooling. And those parents without money end up with poorly educated children.
It’s all about the money – and Conservative are trying to turn what’s left of our floundering education system into a another get-rich quick scheme.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... What is Wall Street up to now? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: What is Wall Street up to now? With Lee Fang, Reporter / Blogger - Think Progress. 
Wikileaks...latest on Gitmo With Pretap Chatterjee, regular columnist for the British Guardian.
Do you have the "right to be forgotten?" With Ginger McCall, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
Screwed: Why have MI Republicans declared war on public education? With Shanta Driver, National Chairperson of By Any Means Necessary.
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Daily Take: Build a New Dam
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life." -- Lane Kirkland, President-AFL-CIO 1979 to 1995 (1922-1999).
Hour One: Are the Republicans buying public opinion?
Labor Segment With Doug Cunningham, Reporter/Producer - Workers Independent News.
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Hour Two: Republicans close Detroit school with a 90% graduation rate...why, low income, minority teen moms? With Shanta Driver, National Chairperson of By Any Means Necessary.
Hour Three: Why do conservatives want Americans to work til they drop? With Tom Blumer, Contributor, Pajamas Media.
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Thom Hartmann: Republicans close Detroit school with a 90% graduation rate...
Thom Hartmann on the News - April 25, 2011
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