How America Keeps Its Citizens Uneducated

#educationcrisis #genalphacantread #waronpublicschools We are in the midst of an ongoing public education crisis. There’s a war on public education and an active push to defund public schools. In this video, I discuss America’s long history of anti-intellectualism and how there’s a push to privatize public schools and defund public libraries to keep Americans uneducated. Public schools are failing and it isn't an accident. Sources: Michael Moore and Tony Ben clip from ‘Sicko’ documentary: https://youtu.be/37wkX2gklzo?si=UA-fYph5IAiIjLFF Understanding Anti-Intellectualism in the U.S. https://www.studioatao.org/post/understanding-anti-intellectualism-in-the-u-s The End of Public Schools Would Mean the End of the Common Good https://jacobin.com/2023/03/jon-shelton-education-myth-review-public-schools-inequality-neoliberalism School Privatizers Are Leaning Hard Into the Culture Wars https://jacobin.com/2022/05/right-school-privatization-choice-crt-capitalism Column: The right-wing campaign to make our kids dumber https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-08-22/the-right-wing-campaign-to-make-our-kids-dumber-is-moving-ahead-at-full-speed Many Americans know nothing about their government. Here’s a bold way schools can fix that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/09/27/many-americans-know-nothing-about-their-government-heres-a-bold-way-schools-can-fix-that/ Why the Right Hates Public Education https://rethinkingschools.org/special-collections/why-the-right-hates-public-education/ 11 Facts About Literacy In America https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-literacy-america#fn9 The Harmful Impact of School Choice Policies and Charter Schools on Public Schools and Students with Disabilities https://medium.com/@pauladamswrites/the-harmful-impact-of-school-choice-policies-and-charter-schools-on-public-schools-and-students-4630b48ce756#:~:text=Proponents%20of%20school%20choice%20argue,schools%20and%20exacerbate%20existing%20inequalities. Defunding public libraries: Republicans' war on reading goes nuclear https://www.salon.com/2023/04/13/defunding-public-libraries-republicans-on-reading-goes-nuclear/ Slavery and the Modern-Day Prison Plantation https://daily.jstor.org/slavery-and-the-modern-day-prison-plantation/ Business Efficiency, American Schooling, and the Public School Superintendency: https://www.jstor.org/stable/367760