You reduce accountability. And once power is insulated, the agenda becomes predictable because the people writing the agenda, the no longer fear consequences from the communities that they're sidelining. That's when you get policies like school vouchers that drain neighborhood public schools. That's when you get a legislature that talks about freedom while refusing to expand access to health care. That's when higher education gets treated like privilege instead of an engine of opportunity. (04:33–04:40)
CLAIM
Asserts that insulated political power leads to policies detrimental to public schools.
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