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Stephen Downes

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This article doesn't refer to the 'Zelensky moment' as the disgrace it was. No, instead it compares it favourably to cuts at the U.S. department of education and says both were "Forward looking, solutions focussed." The new education agenda turns its back on public education. Public funds will now be used to support private schools. And lest there be anyone around to track the impact of the change, that research, too, was cut. If nothing else, the moment brings clarity to what was an oft-denied 'hidden agenda' on the part of the education reform movement in the U.S. Decades of lobbying, 'research' groups, foundation projects, and 'journalism' like the Forza newsletter, have brought us to this point. The American people will pay the price, and I feel for them.

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