Corporations pushing commercialization and privatization of education
Giant multinationals such as Pearson and Berlitz are trying to privatize or commercialize educational systems. This poses a serious threat to quality education world-wide. A RadioLabour feature with Fred van Leeuwen the General-secretary of Education International, Christine Blower, the general-secretary of the National Union of Teachers in the UK, Diane Woloschuk the president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation and Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers in the United States.
Posted June 3, 2014
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