Education Task Force

Jul 22, 2012

Which CEO made $5 million stealing your kid’s lunch money?

ALEC is working to ensure that public education dollars get diverted to private profits. Their approach is working — for them. Not so much for the students who pay the price in the form of a subpar education and poor performance. Conservatives say welfare for poor people is a problem that needs to be addressed. [...]

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Jun 16, 2012

A Smart ALEC Threatens Public Education

Coordinated efforts to introduce model legislation aimed at defunding and dismantling public schools is the signature work of this conservative organization. …Today, ALEC calls this approach “choice” and renames vouchers “scholarships,” but its aim is clear: De-fund and dismantle public schools. While many other right-wing organizations support this agenda, ALEC is the mechanism for implementing [...]

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May 2, 2012

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Cuts Ties to ALEC

This is a lot more than the standard ColorOfChange/Common Cause “get out of jail free” card.  This is very significant not only of the action itself, but if you follow the links to some of the individuals who will be taking over this task force…Watch Out! “The national certifying body for teachers in the United [...]

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Apr 28, 2012

For-Profit Education Firm Kaplan is 14th Company to Dump ALEC

by Rebekah Wilce — April 27, 2012 Kaplan, a for-profit education, tutoring, and testing empire that is the largest division of the $4 billion Washington Post Company, recently told the Republic Report (RR) that Kaplan’s for-profit college division “was a member of ALEC for a one year period, which ended in August 2011.” For the [...]

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