Thomas McKee: Education by ALEC
It would be difficult to find fault with the concise education mission statement in the Sept. 1 letter “Education’s purpose clear.”
However, the letter-writer’s belief that the N.C. General Assembly (GOP) legislators have not “intentionally targeted public education” is a very forgiving one.
The Republican disdain for teachers and GOP efforts, guided by the American Legislative Exchange Council, to privatize education are well-known.
It seems that the ALEC/GOP education philosophy is succinctly: Academies for rich kids, charters or home-schooling for middle-class kids and defunded public schools for poor kids.
Many of the recent actions of the NCGA fit this philosophy perfectly.
Thomas McKee
Cary
This story was originally published September 2, 2015 at 4:31 PM with the headline "Thomas McKee: Education by ALEC."