Koch Network Infiltration of Public Schools 'Harms Students, Teachers, and Our Democracy': Report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "The Koch network has made no secret about the critical role that public education plays as an ideal arena for influencing U.S. policy and culture," the group says in an introduction to the report.
58% : "Lack of public accountability and transparency surrounding private and charter schools, as well as privately created curriculum and textbooks, leaves little room for parents and educators to take action against undesired and harmful agendas."
53% : "In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions."
53% : "In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions."
52% : "At the moment, there is a coordinated effort in states across the country to pass bills attempting to ban the teaching of CRT in public schools," the report notes.
52% : The report states that while she was education secretary, DeVos "allocated $399 million in federal grant money toward the expansion of charter schools nationwide," adding that most of her efforts, "such as her attempt to allocate $400 million of the national budget toward charter schools in 2018 or her proposed $5 billion voucher program, were unsuccessful."
50% : The report (pdf), entitled The Koch Network and the Capture of K-12 Education, was compiled by the advocacy groups UnKoch My Campus and Save Our Schools Arizona (SOSAZ) and examines tactics employed by the plutocrats' cabal -- which is led by billionaire Charles Koch, and whose members pay at least $100,000 per year -- "to destabilize and abolish public education."
50% : The report examines Arizona as a case study that "shows exactly what happens when all of these factors fall into place" in a state where "the Koch network's efforts to dismantle public schools have made a significant impact."
49% : "Through a variety of tactics -- charter schools, vouchers, curriculum, textbooks, trainings, using state politicians to engage in culture war against progressive ideas, and more -- the Koch network is able to ensure the spread of their ideas, including climate disinformation and free market-favoring economics philosophy."
49% : More than one in six Arizona students are enrolled in charter schools, the Koch-funded Freedom Center "has played a large role in influencing public education in the state," and under a budget signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, schools face fines up to $5,000 and teachers can lose their licenses for "teaching that students' race, ethnicity, or sex determines their character.
48% : Public education must be destroyed for the good of all American citizens, in this view.
43% : A new report published Wednesday reveals how the Koch network -- a shadowy group of wealthy capitalists acting to push the U.S. in a more conservative direction -- is methodically working to undermine and privatize public education for financial gain.

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