tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post6994191476128835010..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Chicago's school reform ruling classMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-30625863796624340432011-04-20T23:15:48.303-05:002011-04-20T23:15:48.303-05:00Hey, I know, we'll rebrand it as the “East Ind...Hey, I know, we'll rebrand it as the “East India Charity” …Jon Awbreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378153853941137426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-13820899784441085672011-04-20T12:36:02.612-05:002011-04-20T12:36:02.612-05:00"It is largely the practical interest of the ..."It is largely the practical interest of the exigencies of that relation of mastery in which the members of the [leisure] class are placed. In point of derivation, the office of government is a predatory function, pertaining integrally to the archaic leisure-class scheme of life. It is an exercise of control and coercion over the population from which the class draws its sustenance. This discipline, as well as the incidents of practice which give it its content, therefore has some attraction for the class apart from all questions of cognition. All this holds true wherever and so long as the governmental office continues, in form or in substance, to be a proprietary office; and it holds true beyond that limit, in so far as the tradition of the more archaic phase of governmental evolution has lasted on into the later life of those modern communities for whom proprietary government by a leisure class is now beginning to pass away." —Thorsten VeblenMatt Mezger, Sr.http://www.blackdahliareader.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-51086982268834905232011-04-20T11:00:15.772-05:002011-04-20T11:00:15.772-05:00Yes, anon. Also see chapter 4 (The two faces of ph...Yes, anon. Also see chapter 4 (The two faces of philanthropy," in our book, "Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society." Then there's "The Gates Foundation and the Future of U.S. 'Public' Schools, edited by Philip E. Kovacs. I wrote chapter 2 in that one ("Power Philanthropy: Taking the public out of public education"). <br /><br />Enjoy.Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-56552064032872194732011-04-20T10:49:21.856-05:002011-04-20T10:49:21.856-05:00The definitive text on this topic is by Kenneth Sa...The definitive text on this topic is by Kenneth Saltman, "The Gift of Education"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com