Research contracts and partnerships are another way wealth is extracted from workers to fund product development for corporations. Chancellor Woodson has said that his vision for NC State is all about supporting industry. Students are only workers who get indoctrinated early *inside the academy* and become good corporate cogs. This is a form of #SchoolPrivatization and ultimately part of the #DefundEducation agenda that is hot with the #NCGOP. https://news.ncsu.edu/2022/12/nc-state-under-armour-strategic-partnership #NCed #NCpol #NC #NCState

The smug, insular, influential politics of Right-wing legal circles closely resembles (even overlaps with) the #schoolprivatization network.

I’ll have more to say on this in coming weeks on Diane Ravitch’s site, stay tuned #schoolvouchers #schoolchoice #education

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/alito-supreme-court-leak-abortion-hobby-lobby.html