News Brief: Jon Chait Goes After Liz Warren for Selling out to Big Teacher (Patreon)

Professional doofus Jon Chait thinks teachers unions––who fight for things like "students", "supplies" and "baseline worker protection"––are a big, evil interest that needs fighting. Mysteriously though, the billionaires who back charter schools and gutting teachers unions are scrappy and care care about poor black kids. On this Patron News Brief we discuss. 

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What Happens When Elizabeth Warren Sells Out to Powerful Interests?

Jonathan Chait | January 13, 2019 | New York Magazine Intelligencer

Did Elizabeth Warren “Sell Out” to Powerful Interests by Opposing a Billionaire-Funded Charter School Proposal? (No.)

Ben Mathis-Lilley | January 14, 2019 | Slate

Citations Needed, Episode 01 : The Charter School Scam

Adam Johnson & Nima Shirazi | July 11, 2017 | Citations Needed

Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

Rebecca Burns | October 30, 2018 | In These Times

How charter schools are prolonging segregation

Andre M. Perry | December 11, 2017 | Brookings

Don't Believe the Charter School Hype

Charles P. Pierce | September 19, 2016 | Esquire

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