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http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2014/02/education-reform-endgame.html?spref=fb&m=1
 * Duke, "Education 'Reform': The Endgame," //Jersey Jazzman// blog, Feb. 2014.**

//Link to source of quote used in meme: http://blogs.hbr.org/2011/03/the-innovation-mismatch-smart///

[|http://www.salon.com/2013/12/05/wall_street_is_designing_the_ future_of_public_education_as_a_money_making_machine/]
 * Anna Simonton, "Wall Street is Designing the Future of Public Education as a Money-Making Machine," //Salon// (reprinted from //Alternet//), Dec. 2013. **

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 * //Excerpt: Bill Gates speaks at the 2009 National Conference of State Legislatures about the//**
 * //Common Core State Standards Initiative and the potential benefits from adopting this initiative.//**

[|http://www.salon.com/2013/12/06/what_a_pisa_garbage_sorry_ michelle_rhee_but_our_obsession_with_testing_kids_is_all_about_ money/]
 * Jeff Bryant, "Sorry, Michelle Rhee, but Our Obsession with Testing Kids is All About Money," //Salon,// Dec. 2013.**

//Note the many links to corroborating evidence after the "parable."// http://www.mommabears.org/1/post/2013/12/how-to-get-rich-in-education.html
 * "How to Get Stinking Rich in the Education Industry," //Momma Bears blog,// Dec. 2013.**

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-uprising/why-corporations-want-our-public-schools
 * Yes! Editors, "Info-Graphic: Why Corporations Want Our Public Schools," //Yes! Magazine,// Feb. 2014.**

//Synopsis: In the rush to privatize the country’s schools, corporations and politicians have decimated school budgets, replaced teaching with standardized testing, and placed the blame on teachers and students. // http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-uprising/the-myth-behind-public-school-failure
 * Dean Paton, "The Myth Behind Public School Failure," //Yes! Magazine,// Feb. 2014.**