Comments on: Koonlaba: Initiative 42 and the Attack on MS Public Schools /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/ Perspectives on Mississippi's public schools Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: If You Live in Mississippi, Get Out and Vote for Initiative 42 | Diane Ravitch's blog /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/#comment-1097 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:30:11 +0000 /?p=2770#comment-1097 […] this to understand why Initiative 42 matters. It was written by a kindergarten teacher in […]

]]> By: Amanda Koonlaba: Can the People of Mississippi Save Their Public Schools? | Diane Ravitch's blog /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/#comment-742 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:00:25 +0000 /?p=2770#comment-742 […] Koonlaba, an art teacher in Tupelo, Mississippi, explains here that Mississippi is in a pitched battle to fund its public schools adequately. The issue is joined in a political struggle over Initiative […]

]]> By: Mississippi Education Blog | Koonlaba: Why I Support Initiative 42 /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/#comment-710 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 01:17:00 +0000 /?p=2770#comment-710 […] couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post for the MS Ed Blog that summarizes what I know about the history surrounding this Initiative and the attack on […]

]]> By: Amanda Koonlaba /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/#comment-617 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:57:30 +0000 /?p=2770#comment-617 I just so happen to know of a video where he talks about this. It is about three different talks of his spliced together.

There is a big difference between fact and truth. He goes into that a bit.

Check it out.

]]> By: rbeckley /2015/10/11/koonlaba-initiative-42-and-the-attack-on-ms-public-schools/#comment-616 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 23:39:08 +0000 /?p=2770#comment-616 Naom Chomsky said basically that governments first deliberately defund public agencies, and then accuse them of failing – in order to justify privatization. But private prisons are a perfect example of how this results in corruption, bloated bureaucracy and harm to the citizenry.

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