The Shock Doctrine in Honduras

Steps for school reform in Honduras:

1. Stage a military coup.
2. Steal $100 million in pensions from teachers.
3. Visit New Orleans, Louisiana, to study how NOPS rapidly charterized its school system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
4. Slash teacher salaries.
5. Pass legislation to hand control of Honduras schools to private investors.
6. Jail, beat, or kill any teachers who protest.

Jaime Gonzalez, president of a teachers union in Honduras: "The public education system [in Honduras] has completely collapsed, abandoned, because the people in power are redirecting all the resources to the security forces, the police, on top of an incredible level of corruption."