Education is Not a Commodity

According to this post by Dana Goldstein the neoliberal, market-based, teacher-union-basing reforms embraced by Michelle Rhee and her successor have done nothing or made things worse for minorities and the poor. A quick point, from the perspective of the right-wing of the neoliberal movement this is a success. From the perspective of the left-wing this is a sources of puzzlement, even though all the evidence suggests that the neoliberal, market-based, teacher-union-basing reforms don't work.