▲ 456 ▼ Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen? (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 152 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nah. They just want to cut funding, not cut it completely. They need the dumb kids to grow up to be dumb workers and dumb voters. And to keep their own children in private schools to continue to rule over the poors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Icalasari@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago Ah, but cutting it completely means they could potentially go back to child labour, and they've already been trying to set the ground work for it permalink fedilink source parent [–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* You must live in a state where charter schools aren't part of normal political discourse. It is happening, and it is what they're striving for. They want the private schools, yes, but the mostly want unregulated for-profit religious charter schools where there is no oversight in what kids are taught (or if they're taught) permalink fedilink source parent [–] quindraco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago There's a real and important underlying reason you're completely missing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nah. They just want to cut funding, not cut it completely. They need the dumb kids to grow up to be dumb workers and dumb voters. And to keep their own children in private schools to continue to rule over the poors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Icalasari@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago Ah, but cutting it completely means they could potentially go back to child labour, and they've already been trying to set the ground work for it permalink fedilink source parent [–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* You must live in a state where charter schools aren't part of normal political discourse. It is happening, and it is what they're striving for. They want the private schools, yes, but the mostly want unregulated for-profit religious charter schools where there is no oversight in what kids are taught (or if they're taught) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Icalasari@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago Ah, but cutting it completely means they could potentially go back to child labour, and they've already been trying to set the ground work for it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* You must live in a state where charter schools aren't part of normal political discourse. It is happening, and it is what they're striving for. They want the private schools, yes, but the mostly want unregulated for-profit religious charter schools where there is no oversight in what kids are taught (or if they're taught) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago There's a real and important underlying reason you're completely missing. permalink fedilink source parent