Privatization has never worked because predatory capitalism will always prioritize profits over people.

It's so much easier to control ignorant people, than to control well educated, intelligent people who think for themselves.🙄

As a Tennessee teacher, I am beyond furious at Arrn. And at Bill Lee for not stopping him. And Betsy Devos, dear lord. 🤬

Imagine being afraid of blacks, browns, jews, gays, women, science, journalism, history, and education itself. That's Republicanism.

This has been the republican playbook for dismantling public education altogether, ever since Reagan took office. Back then I was a junior education major and was in the library when I came across a few random magazine articles about the topic, so I started reading what the plans were for the complete overhaul of K-12 education and how business men had come up with this for-profit charter school plan and Reagan was completely on board with it. I then began to watch what happened throughout my 28 year teaching career based on what I'd read back in college. This is why for-profit and religious charter schools have become such a big thing and why public education/special education has never been fully funded even though more and more mandates and testing have been dumped on teachers. The republicans drain the resources and all that siphoned money goes into the charter schools and the politicians tell the public the public the public schools are broken and charter schools are the answer. They also get rid of all that pesky union representation for teachers and can hire and fire at will with no teacher recourse. The government makes teachers do more for less money and in the meantime degrades them and tells the general public how the public school teachers are dumb, or 'groomers', or pedophiles, or insist children are being 'indoctrinated' by scary 'demon liberals'. The parents then go to the school boards or get elected to school boards and demand their children NOT be taught critical thinking skills or actual American history or anything that children in other westernized countries are doing successfully. There is also an authoritarian strain in the republican party who want to ban/burn books and twist facts into some Orwellian double-speak to make the citizens distrust educators. These people would like to see the complete destruction of public schools altogether. Seems to me the republicans' 40+ year plan is working just how they wanted it to.

It’s all about privatization of public schools pushed by corporations. They are lining up at the public trough. The addition of religious fascism controlling the curriculum is truly frightening.

"He who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." - George Orwell

Remarkable progress towards building a society of unmitigated ignorance.

Taxpayers should not subsidize private and charter schools. Books should not be banned. The Department of Education was established because of the inequality of education outcomes between states.

If you compare American students with European students our kids can no longer compete internationally. They do not have the knowledge base or the critical thinking skills to become Drs, engineers, lawyers, anything that requires an analytical mind. Shame on us!

Oh, Betsy. You’re not qualified to talk to education in America. Your 2015 honorary degree from Holiday Inn Express expired when you checked out.

DeVos is a typical right-wing publican who makes Trump look educated.

The uneducated are easier to control.

"Unless a man has got education,a vote is a useless and dangerous thing for him to possess.". -H.G. Wells

The GOP needs to keep there nose out of the public schools systems in what is taught to students!

All Republicans do is stand in America's way

I am a private school teacher, but I was educated in excellent public schools in rural Texas. We need to get 100% behind our public school system, both parties must. It needs to be a point of national pride!

"We love the uneducated." Trump about his supporters

No, anyone cannot be a teacher, though apparently any fool can be elected to be governor of an American state, or to occupy a seat in Congress. For unlike teacher certification, which--in near all, if not all ststes--requires a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and successful matriculation through a college level teacher training program. No such educational requirements exist for governors and congresspeople...though to become President of the United States one would benefit from having done a stint as host of a reality television program.

He invited He incited They rioted Then he denied it Even though he'd implied it Now he MUST be indicted!

Imagine a world where education is replaced by a narrative

When they say leftist they mean secular education.

Trying to take us back to the dark ages.

So that guy is basically saying he wants 19century education back and to reactivate child labor and laws outlawing teaching black people? Uh, what?

Lawrence W. Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each: *1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism* - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays. *2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights* - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc. *3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause* - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc. *4. Supremacy of the Military* - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. *5. Rampant Sexism* - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution. *6. Controlled Mass Media* - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common. *7. Obsession with National Security* - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses. *8. Religion and Government are Intertwined* - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions. *9. Corporate Power is Protected* - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite. *10. Labor Power is Suppressed* - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed. *11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts* - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked. *12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment* - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations. *13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption* - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders. *14. Fraudulent Elections* - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections. Do any of these sound familiar to you?

As a teacher of more than 20 years this is just one more reason to vote blue. Please vote blue!! 💙💙💙

In order for the GOP to survive, the people must be poorly educated.

the predator party thrives on ignorance.

Welcome to Medieval times, it's not just dinner theater any more

If Hillsdale gets a dime of federal money, they should lose access to it. My daughter chose to go into education rather than follow me into engineering. She minored in Mathematics, graduated from a top university with high honors. She navigated the pandemic and was able to see children got the start they deserve.

If the right doesn't want to go to school, fine. Just leave the rest of us alone.

Education is a threat to people of power and to religion.

This is so sad!!!! When I was growing up; teachers were respected & valued; education was high quality. There were no charter schools, tho. I hope people return to valuing good education!!! Vote blue!!!!

"Oh _____ isn't perfect so it's trash and we should end it." Republicans contribution to every problem....and who complained America is to educated that we can afford to dump this as well?

t'rump: "We love the uneducated!" Maga: 🤔 Maga: **cheers loudly**

Ending public education is their #1 priority.

I’ve been saying for years, after watching them cut the school system every year for decades and turning into studying to pass test for federal funding , like everything else, defund, say it failed so that they can privatize education to profit from it. To keep up increases in quarterly profits will eventually start cutting and cutting as we do with everything with our present popular business model. We’re also the only developed country that treats our teacher like crap. Having to have a Masters, tons of debt to be disrespected daily. Most countries they are respected and paid as other professionals like doctors or lawyers, etc

And when memory failed and written records were falsified-when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested.

The national teacher shortage is impacting both public and private education. I despair when I ponder what the near future of education will be.

Dear Republicans,📣 Stop sending your kids to school if you're just going to tell them everything we taught them was a lie. We could use the resources.

If you want your children to learn religious nonsense, send them to church. Otherwise, secular education is one of the most important things for humanity.

"the schools need guns in case of bears."

"We are gonna demonstrate that you don't need to be a genius to educate a child... anyone can do it." Just follow our simple "How to brainwash children" step by step guide.

I’m Canadian. My husband is middle management, and I am medically disabled. Our son is 18, he just graduated. He is twice exceptional (gifted and learning disabled). He got into the top college of the top university in the country. He went to public school. Maybe the only way for rich kids to get into a good university is to pay for a spot, rather than earn it. Its NOT good for any society to do that. You want your best and brightest to fill universities, not the ones whose parents can pay more. We have per-child funding here. Private and religious schools get funding for each student, but only if they follow the BC curriculum. And they’re pretty strict about that. I’m not sure what the difference is, but somehow we manage to have kids graduate on a much more level playing field. Private schools with an academic focus do well at getting into university, but that is mostly due to an expectation from parents, the school culture. They don’t have a big leg up, you still have to do the work and get the grades. It’s not an extraordinary or remarkable thing for a kid from public school to get into university, it’s the norm. I don’t know why.

Jesus! I've never heard such a rediculous thing! No school? Are they that worried about thier bloody taxes?! Or is this the oligarchy?

We are slowly regressing into ignorance. Close to a trillion $ for dept. of defense. Yet billions of $s cut from education.

People don't realize that aspects of public schools are privatized and it is a waste of taxpayer money. Public school districts give taxpayer money to companies to provide tech, maintenance, custodial, and cafeteria services to the school FOR A PROFIT. Public schools could save tons of money if they directly provided these services at cost. The neo-liberal capitalist policies of the last 40 years have completely mismanaged education funds. Example: I worked at a public school and when a light bulb went out the teacher had to request a "maintenance ticket" to get a "technician" from a company to replace the bulb... Two weeks later the "technician" shows up in a van, comes into the classroom and simply replaces the bulb. The school is then charged over $500 for the labor and materials by the private company. This is what happens when politicians put corporate profits above social welfare.

I once heard an elected republican lawmaker who was involved in a discussion regarding "animal husbandry" say, " Wait, they're marrying their cows?". Yep. There's your threat to educating our youth.

Devos is the reason why Good Teachers are leaving their jobs

DeVos is goofy and incompetent when it comes to education.

Anything they don't understand they try and get rid of. School hard huh...

Holy moly hearing about this guy's granddad makes my head spin. That Betsy woman it totally nuts.

Government should stay out of our personal lives. Teach math science and English.

Public education is the groundswell of public education. There is many people who celebrate and protect those people who are wanting the best for their handicapped children

"Troglodyte: a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant."

They should listen to Melanoma and "Be Best" or maybe they're "I really don't care, do you?" Thankfully the hat's make it easier to identify.

What is the future of kids that get that selective type of education? Can they get into any good universities. Seems like these kids would be weeded out by entrance qualifications due to a substandard education.

So I guess we have to learn the conservatives spin on history.

Oh my god “dept of education shouldn’t exist” - many Americans cannot afford health care now they’ve not to have a chance of education???? Those republicans really want to go back to 1776

Where is Ginnie Thomas about caring about for people you love?

Why is this not surprising. This is the same state that made it legal for two weeks to marry children.

Deliberate ignorance!

Now we have public funds financing American Taliban schools

“[On school uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It's not a new idea, either. I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand because the narration was in German.” ― George Carlin

Republicans, you do not have the faintest clue what is happening in the classroom. Students are being pushed on to the next grade without mastering content. Illiteracy is on the rise. Teachers are being assaulted and falsely accused by parents because schools cannot effectively discpline. Parents are not supporting a teacher's right to discipline in the classroom. Students are running wild, and need serious discpline which requires support. We are not indoctrinating; you all are. We are not changing History curriculum; you all are. We are not making children uncomfortable; you all are (especially the marginalized students). We are not soliciting pornography and harming kids. We want students to be able to read. You all are acting just like the Nazis when they burned books and altered curriculum for the master race. Do not open your mouth about the classroom. You all are wrecking it.

Less and less people want to be teachers.

I thought America is supposed to be Progressing not Regressing

These attacks on public education, and the proliferation of charter schools, are terribly concerning to me. My father was a public school teacher, and a wonderful teacher at that! However, one of his sisters-in-law has, apparently, fallen for the right wing nonsense that, “Our kids are being ‘indoctrinated’.” I cannot help but thinking that Dad would be extremely disappointed in this American society that elected an incompetent boob of a fascist, for US President, in Donald Trump, if he were still alive today. 🤷🏻‍♀️💜👨🏻‍🏫💜🤷🏻‍♂️

Of course. One more move to turn a right into profit for the ultra weathy.

This is reflection of two tier system - The Republican Party.

War is peace, Freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength

Try teaching before you open your mouth. Try reading a book before you ban them. We lost our VA governor's election to a grifter who threw CRT as if it was wrong and taught in school. Good grief

You have to ask what is she trying to hide or cover-up while she was heading this organization? Let's also look at HUD and Dept of Labor.

These are the type of politicians that I'm praying for for our next presidential election well-educated clear of thought in mind and in the real world as mandates that was so sad how many people died because people didn't wear a mask distance they pushed their religious views but they're not the one just using this country

Republicans never can play fair. Never.

As an educator, Larry Arnn needs to get an education. The man is insulting to the very profession and every single person who teaches at every level, and the concept of thinking.

Education whether private or public is a two edged sword. Without partnership and alliance of parental and community involvements and without measurable accountabilities, it can decelerate into a total failure. Stop blaming teachers. He needs to look for that dumb educator in his mirror.

"I love the Un-Educated." Donald tRump

Vote BLUE. Vote BLUE. Vote BLUE.

Hey Homes! Go Julian, so great to see you on air. Excellent reporting sir!

Get religions out of government, separate church and state !!

I feel so bad for the teachers

If the Dept of Ed didn’t exist children with special needs would have rights. Do conservative voters really understand what would happen if there wasn’t public education or a federal department to ensure all children have rights to be educated? I hope this backfired on these fascist religious oppressors.

Absolutely sickening what’s happening in America….more than doomed here.

I've always been against charter schools I believe if you want your child to go to a charter school you should have your taxes go to that charter School and you can pay any additional feesbut really public taxpayers money should go to Public schools our schools never had so many issues until the charter schools were introduced. Personally I think we would be better off with all the Republican politicians and the supreme Court judges would take their thoughts their ways and moved to Russia they seem to like their way of running people's lives.

This is about a money grab. Nothing more. Who thinks a woman with tremendous amounts of money, and a brother who runs a mercenary company, has anything useful to say for the bulk of Americans? Taxation by another name.

When you listen to Republicans, I believe Education has already left the building 🤣🤣🤣

I bet those schools are going to focus on black kids.

Can anyone teach geometry, or calculus? I took both in high school. My son's middle school had many teachers that didn't use computers. His English teacher insisted that students draw pictures for "book reports". We need better schools, that can be locked down for safety.

Don't have to an expert but being ignorant sure would help some!! Yeehaw 😜

MAKE a list of ALL the Dumb Stuff 'spoken' to undo/do...by GOP!!!!

Brought over from Europe, this is rich since every country in Europe is out pre forming the United States in every country in its schools. I am a Dutch citizen I fell in love with an American Air Men and married him 37 years ago. School was not easy for me because I have dyslexia, however I am grateful for my free education. My boys were in the DOD school system from kindergarten trough middle school. My youngest son is diagnosed with HFA and was on an IEP for his entire education. This was no problem in the DOD system were from grade to grade all his records were carried over once we came to the United States. I had to go in every year to the same school he was in to tell his teachers for that year that my son was on an IEP. just this shows me that there is no communication between teachers from one grade to the next. I was vigilant, and my boys both are very successful in the Army. My oldest got his bachelor's degree. While being in the Airborne becoming a Jumpmaster and is now a Warrant officer II. My Youngest is a Sgt he has HFA but lives independent from us and can take care of himself. Autism runs like a red herring through my mother in law's side of the family. My brother in law also has it. Sadly he will not admit it, and after being in the Air Force for 4 years could not re-enlist because he used alcohol to self medicate. And was in the Security Police, he crashed his squad car while on duty. After this he moved back in with his parents. My father in law Sadly psssed away very young at at 69 years of age. My Mother in law has recently passed away. My husband's brother is 57 and is not capable to financially take care of himself because after the Air Force, he never got another serious job. He could if he would admit he has HFA wich is a neurological disorder not a mental illness. Qualify for Disability and then at 65 roll over into the SS system. But he will not do this he has not paid enough into System to Qualify for social Security when he turns 65. All this because of ignorance and helplessness by his parents who really didn't know what to do. And a public school system that would just give him bad grades, instead of thinking there might be something wrong.

Groomers mad they can't indoctrinate in public schools

More political bs!

I got an advert for my local University midway through this 😆

I'm a teacher and I approve of Larry Arn's message.

Ok children, stay in school and don't do tRump and you'll be fine!

Just another subject to divert our attention from the WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.. Jimmy Carter is so happy not to have that embarrassing title anymore.

Heartbreaking. So evil.

The goverment should ask for their money back, she was the head of that department.