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Just in case you didn’t think teachers have enough to contend with after massive budget cuts, layoffs, standardized testing and scores published by teacher in the Los Angeles Times<\/a>. The President of the United States applauded a school that fired all of its teachers<\/a>.\u00a0NBC news is dedicating an unprecedented number of hours to one-sided discussions about education<\/a>. A film<\/a> blaming everything but global warming on the sudden catclysmic epidemic of bad teachers and money-hungry unions is coming to a cineplex near you.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey piled on by doing an entire show<\/a> on bad teachers. Her guests were two of the 3 or 4 Americans allowed to discuss education on television, Bill Gates<\/a> and Michelle Rhee.<\/p>\n

I have written quite a bit about Bill Gates’ hostile takeover of public education in GOOD Magazine<\/a>, The Huffington Post<\/a> and my own blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey, for all of the good she has done falls for the same handful of magic education beans over and over again. Bill Gates has been a guest before to provide Oprah with a reason to tell poor children that poverty and race no longer matter if you just do enough homework and learn to take standardized tests.<\/p>\n

I wrote about Oprah’s troublesome views on education for District Administration Magazine<\/em> back in 2007 when she was about to open her private school in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Here is an excerpt from Oprah’s Edifice Complex.<\/a> (June 2007)<\/p>\n

Even a casual Oprah watcher can name Ms. Winfrey’s best friend, favorite actors, party planner, beloved authors, mentors, medical expert, personal trainer, hair stylist, home decorator, chef, financial advisor and spiritual guru. Oprah shares her favorite experts, friends and ideas with her audience. That’s her brand. If Oprah thinks it, you might too. If Oprah loves a product, you need to run out and buy one.<\/p>\n

I have read and watched everything I could to learn more about Oprah’s school, and yet nagging questions remain. What is the educational philosophy of the school?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think? Please comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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