Vouchering an Educational Adventure

                       by Walter Brasch

            I hadn’t talked with Marshbaum for a couple of years, ever since he left newspaper journalism for more lucrative work in the fast food industry. But here he was in my office to ask if I would publicize his new educational adventure.

            “That’s great!” I said. “You’re finishing the last three years of college.”

            “I own the school. CEO of Little Minds Charter and Voucher Corp. We’re on the leading edge of the trend to privatize schools.”

            “How does mumbling into a broken speaker box make you qualified to run a school?” I asked.

Splitting Hairs in a Multi-Cultural School

by Walter Brasch

Sasha Rivera is a 15-year-old sophomore at the Multi-Cultural Academy Charter School (MACS) in Philadelphia.

She’s an honors student who never got into trouble at school, and volunteers at Motivos, a national magazine for Hispanic youth.

She also has blue bangs in her dark brown hair. For that reason, she isn’t attending class.