There are billions and billions to be made in this "industry," and one way to get more obscene profits is to treat teachers like they are expendable. They already are, of course, because too many people stupidly go into this career thinking they want to "make a difference" in students' lives instead of being good little asskissers who must do anything and everything an administrator tells them to do.
Now these billionaires want to use temps, whether they are TFAs or real teachers who are put on temporary contracts, never being able to make teaching into a lifelong career, much less ever be vested in public employee pensions (probably the REAL reason for using temps). They can save even more money abolishing "tenure" by not having the kangaroo hearings anymore, forcing teachers to go to federal court for redress--IF they can find attorneys who will take their cases, an almost impossible task.
Then, when the supply dries up, open the "career" to high school grads. Failing that, then make all schools distance learning establishments having "teachers" from China or India "teaching" students.
The billionaires will still have their private schools, with their children taught by real teachers.
More:
The billionaires' propaganda machinery claims the corporatization of American education is necessary to make the United States “competitive,” internationally. But teachers in most of the countries that lead the U.S. in learning are highly respected, if not revered, and relatively well compensated. Under the guise of “reform,” the United States is moving in exactly the opposite direction as the rest of the world. The American people are being conned by billionaire hustlers who are stealing the public schools – and the national future – right in front of our eyes.
Since privatization is a worldwide trend, expect European and other countries to follow suit.
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