Bill Moyers describes the shameful state of education in America. He delivered these remarks in October of 2006 to the Council of Great City Schools, an organization of the nation’s largest urban public school systems.

“Education should be the centerpiece of a great and diverse America made stronger by equality and shared prosperity. It has instead become the epitome of public neglect, perpetuated by a class divide so permeated by race that it mocks the bedrock principles of the American Promise.”

Moyers’ analysis is excellent for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact that it goes beyond the discussion of education unto itself and analyzes some of the underlying core issues involved in the continuing degradation of America’s public education system, most notably the class war being driven by the economic elites of this nation against the very idea of the commons and a shared public good for all our citizenry.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in and/or involved in America’s educational system, or for that matter anyone interested in the future state of our national health and well-being.

Read Bill Moyers’ piece in full here on TomPaine.com