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Right wing takes aim at public education

JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM

By Ted Frier

Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization