examples- no child left behind act 2001, every student succeeds act 2015 emphasizes standardized testing measure school performance, schools face closures which leads to privatization. Charter schools are publicly funded but privately managed. Googles classroom platform.

These examples shows how neoliberalism policies transform public education into profit driven system prioritizing market efficiency and individual choice over equity and collective good.

It’s tough to read about this and that schools are having to ask for loans to keep schools afloat, and it is the black and brown communities who are affected so harshly. People in positions of power, I can do something about it; I just don’t care and am feeding their interests. Then, teachers and students are scrutinized for not performing well, but how when they are swimming against the current in the world where lifejackets are given to those in dryland?

I think that parent should have a right to choose where they send their children if there is an equal opportunity in funding when schools, like charter schools, take funding away from significantly depleted public school funds. Neoliberalism harms students whose parents don't have the economic resources to pay for a private education, their child’s education. Public schools, especially in marginalized communities where children don’t have the resources and tools to get a good education. and then later are shut down because they are not performing to standards. I never understood how that could make any sense that a school that doesn’t have resources or tools is being shut down because the children are not performing because they don’t have the resources; it’s like a vicious cycle that continues to affect only black and brown communities. DeVos does not understand education and only sees it as a way to make a profit. The solution is not to give parents more options but to give all schools equal funding and resources so all students can achieve and succeed, regardless of where they attend. Education should not be treated as a business when children’s lives are at stake. It’s an investment in the future and in creating a better society.

In the article from Katrina to Maria we are introduced to disaster capitalist, people who want to take control of education and privatize it. We see what is on the horizon for those citizens of Puerto Rico through the lens of New Orleans.

After suffering from Hurricane Katrina. Disaster capitalists were described as circling the city almost like vultures. They saw this as an oppurtunity to push for charter schools throughout the city. The amount of charters grew from 5% to just over 91% The charters gave no equitable chance for success to those who had disabilities or ailments while simultaneously taking resources from the community they were supposed to serve.There were no services provided such as a nurse on the premise or no bussing for student who lived a distance away. Many teachers were stripped of their jobs. Many of those jobs were given to teachers with no inherent connection to New Orleans. These practices were described as "education on the cheap" in the article.

Neoliberalism in education does three things:  esteems efficiency and profitability more highly —disregarding equity and inclusion, it negatively impacts marginalized communities disproportionately, and it impedes upon educations role as a public good.