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Figures…Top Bush Policy Wonk Writes ALEC Education Report and Declares Florida Rocks
Reports Gina Jordan in StateImpact: Florida is the teacher’s pet in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) latest Report Card on American Education. The report ranks state K-12 performance, progress, and reform. Florida comes in 12th in the most recent … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, Florida, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, matt ladner, testing
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Another Rebuke of Tony Bennett: Indiana Republican Wants to Stop Common Core Standards
From Education Week reporter Andrew Ujifusa: Ever since the defeat of a resolution opposing the Common Core State Standards at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington-based conservative think tank which ideologically might have been sympathetic with common standards foes, … Continue reading
Bush, Levesque, ALEC and Their Corporate Bankrollers
See the rest of thus worthwhile read from Colin Woodard from the Maine Sunday Telegraph
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged ALEC, Florida, Jeb Bush, Maine, Patricia Levesque
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Parents Across America Hails Defeat of Florida’s Parent Trigger Bill
There’s lots of things that ed reform rock stars like Jeb Bush and Michelle Rhee don’t won’t you to know. Both would like you to believe that defeat of parent trigger came at the hands of dark forces of the teachers union. Maybe … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged ALEC, california, caroline crannon, Compton, education, education reform, Florida, florida republicans, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, michelle rhee, opposition, Parent trigger, parents, Parents Across America, privatization, privatization of education, rita solnet, SB 1718
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Bush Foundation Advisor Compares Teachers Unions to Hitler’s Forces in ALEC Report
Matt Reed reports in Florida Today of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) “Report Card on American Education,” and what they said specifically about Florida: Notably, ALEC gives no credit to the classroom teachers, counselors and principals who actually achieved those … Continue reading
How Deep is ALEC’s Reach into Driving Florida Legislation?
When Orlando Sentinel reporter Leslie Postal used a release from the Democrat Progressive Caucus to report that ALEC was sponsoring another education privatization indoctrination session for state legislators this weekend, a firestorm of coverage erupted. The Koch brothers-funded group doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, amelia island, education, Florida, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Florida schools, Florida senate, mike fasano, Mitch Daniels, paycheck protection act, prison privatization, privatization, rachel burgin, Teacher Protection Act, teacher unions, unions
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ALEC’s Education Summit Next Month in Amelia Island: How Many Florida Repubulicans Will Attend?
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Powers reported in July 2011 on the involvement of mysterious, Koch brothers - funded group ALEC in last year’s legislative session. Citing a report in the “high brow liberal magazine,” In These Times. Powers wrote of the run-up to the union-busting … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, charter schools in florida, chris doroworth, common core standards, Dean Cannon, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, Koch brothers, Teacher Protection Act, Vouchers, Will Weatherford, Will Weatherform
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Report: “Florida Reformers Used Decoy Legislation, Spread Unions Thin to Allow Certain Charter Bills to “Fly Under the Radar”
Writing in The Nation, Lee Fang reports: Patricia Levesque, a top adviser to former Governor Jeb Bush, spoke to fellow reformers at a retreat in October 2010. Levesque noted that reform efforts had failed because the opposition had time to … Continue reading
With Fraud Already Present, Was ALEC Involved in Expanding McKay Scholarships to Florida’s Special Needs Kids?
I don’t often use letters to the editor in a blog post, but Loudon, Tennessee’s Joy Pachucki writes something that may be important to Florida families. The expansion of McKay scholarships by Rick Scott and the state’s republican legislators to include … Continue reading
Orlando Sentinel Calls for ALEC’s Florida’s Republican State Legislators to Come Out of the Closet
Conservative legislative planning non-profit, the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC has operated under the radar for some time. Not any more. And no longer so in Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reported in July of the Koch brothers-funded group’s involvement … Continue reading
