Debate Intensifies Over Alleged Profit Motive in Public Education

By Kevin Mooney
10/19/2011
Are business interests plotting to take over the public education system and turn a profit at the expense of the public? That is the charge leading figures within the Coalition for Public Education have aimed against Gov. Bobby Jindal and the school board candidates who favor charter schools.

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