Privatized Education Archives

May 16, 2013

School Boards Beware – ALEC Calls for Elimination of School Boards

In a recent commentary discussing attacks upon Wisconsin’s school board structure(s), professor Julie Underwood writes about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an influential national network that’s pushing an agenda to shrink government, privatize schools, and promote business interests. The article outlines ALEC’s legislative impact in Wisconsin and why pubic school supporters should be concerned. In this report [...]

Feb 3, 2013

E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials

George and Jeb Bush (Jason Reed/Reuters) A nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails today and said they show how a foundation begun by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and national education reform leader, is working with public officials in states to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders. A [...]

Jan 10, 2013

The Assault on Public Education Continues in NC

from the Charlotte Observer, 1/10/13, in the Business Section

Jan 4, 2013

How Are Corporations Undermining K-12 Public Education Through These ALEC Bills? – ALECExposed

Courtesy of CMD’s ALECExposed, here is a great 2 page flyer about ALEC’s position on Education. Perfect for handouts at teach-ins, rallies, protests, etc.

Dec 26, 2012

Privatizing Government Services in the Era of ALEC and the Great Recession – Part III: EDUCATION

III. ALEC AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ALEC’s model legislation promotes the interests of its corporate members,who act through an ALEC Task Force with a specific legislative focus. Each task force has a public- and private-sector chair. The public chair is usually a state legislator. For example, the Public-Sector Chair of ALEC’s Education Task Force is Representative [...]

Dec 23, 2012

Andre Agassi Charter Schools

Andre Agassi was a great tennis star and continues to be a celebrity. Lately, he is an education investor. Agassi may have good intentions. He may be trying to help a distressed and poverty riddled community in Las Vegas. Philanthropy and schools mixed with a dash of banker on the side. It’s likely that his [...]

Oct 18, 2012

ALEC an Issue in Weston, CT Election

Hat’s Off to Leon Karvellis–Way to paint conservatives with ALEC’s legislation record. After all, they pay to sell their votes to corporations and promote radical right wing legislation to the benefit of Corporations and the 1% …The candidates were asked how special interests influence legislators, and particularly how they would deal with ALEC, the American [...]

Aug 16, 2012

K12, Inc. Advertising Misses a Few Key Points

CEO Ronald Packard’s $5 million salary? Not mentioned. Nor does K12 mention of the fact that it spent over $26 million on advertising in 2010; or the fact that this advertising budget came from public tax dollars – funds that were supposed to be used educating students. That $26 million came largely from the money [...]

Jul 31, 2012

For-Profit College Scams Involve Many ALEC Corporate Members

This is a difficult story to post. Noted writer David Halperin has penned a number of articles detailing how many for-profit colleges are nothing more than taxpayer defrauding scams. Here are some blurbs from these articles so that you may read up on this despicable subject. The article titles, which are in blue, are the [...]

Jul 17, 2012

Pennsylvania: Cyber charter schools aren’t working — so let’s expand them!

There’s an interesting and worthwhile debate over whether we should be expanding alternative, public-funded charter schools; some, like the Kipp Academies, are clearly successful, although we can argue about the extent of that success. Others have been flat-out scams. Then we have the case of cyber charter schools, which receive public tax dollars to educate [...]