Episode 177: Too Expensive to Teach - Austerity and the Erosion of Education

“Today’s episode argues that the crisis in public education is intentionally created through austerity measures and a business-driven model that prioritises cost-cutting over quality. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, contends that experienced teachers are systemically pushed out because their higher salaries are seen as a financial burden, leading to a reliance on less experienced, lower-paid educators. This devaluation of expertise and prioritisation of precarity are framed as tools of capitalist control that undermine unions and pave the way for privatisation. Dr. Hoerricks connects this struggle to broader issues of capitalist exploitation and advocates for resistance to this systemic erosion of public education.”

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/too-expensive-to-teach-the-systemic

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