Consuming Classrooms part 1 and 2 on
Subversity, Friday, May 26, 5-6 p.m. on KUCI, 88.9 fm in Orange County,
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Making Contact
"Consuming Classrooms: Private Interests and Public
Education, Part 1"
As public schools in the United States
struggle for adequate funding, corporations are
stepping in with educational material, commercial
television shows, computer networks, video
conferencing equipment, and satellite distribution
systems. At the same time, conservative think
tanks are generating scenarios for further
privatizing schools through voucher programs and
charter school schemes. On this program, we take
a look at some of the social costs of bringing the
private sector into public education.
Featuring: Sarah Church, Berkeley High School
student; Alex Molnar, Center for the Analysis of
Commercialism in Education; Bob Peterson,
Rethinking Schools; Eli Rosenblatt, Prison
Activist Resource Center; Gary Ruskin, Commercial
Alert; Ann Simonton, Media Watch; Robert Weissman,
Multinational Monitor
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Making Contact
"Consuming Classrooms: Private Interests and Public Education, Part 2"
Private companies have been moving into the
realm of public education for some time now.
Potential profits have been one motive, but
another has been to shape public opinion through
school materials. On this program we take a look
at corporate involvement in student curricula.
Featuring: Lizzie Cohen, a high school student in
San Jose, California; Alex Molnar, Center for the
Analysis of Commercialism in Education; Dylan
Bernstein, Center for Commercial Free Public
Education; Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor,
John Borowski, environmental science high school
teacher based in Philomath, Oregon; Kathleen
deBettencourt, Environmental Literacy Council; Ann
Simonton, Media Watch; Sarah Church, a high school
student in Berkeley, California
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