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Understanding ALEC: How ALEC’S Duplicity Undermines the American Public Education Project

Just three years ago I had never heard of The American Legislative Exchange Council, the uber right wing neoconservative think tank that forges pro corporate policies in secret with their legislative buddies.

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Funding “Education Reform”: The Big Three Foundations

Three major foundations are literally pouring billions of dollars into the education reform and privatization effort.

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Education Reform

Gates Foundation

Walton Foundation

Educators 4 Excellence

ALEC meeting in Chicago

As thousands of protesters gather outside the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Chicago this week, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Progressive bring you the full story of ALEC's behind-the-scenes moves, state by state, to privatize the public schools . . .

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ALEC’s Schoolhouse Rock

Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett was the darling of the education reform movement. In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bennett and Governor Mitch Daniels created the country’s largest school voucher program, enacted rigid teacher evaluation requirements, and imposed school grading systems, in many cases using “model legislation” from their friends at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

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Tall tale signs

Thanks to the generosity of billionaires with names like Gates and Walton, not to mention a growing roster of hedge fund managers, the US is now home to an astonishing number of so-called education reform groups. But beneath the grandiose claims of standing for excellence and putting children and students first—not to mention the ubiquitous images of high achieving minority youngsters—lies a surprisingly lucrative agenda. Scratch the surface and you’ll find a whole lot of green behind the education reform movement—and it’s not grassroots.

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Charter School

Walton Foundation

Teach For America (TFA)

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Stand for Children

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Democrats for Education Reform

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Home About Current Articles Legislation Map Meet the Bullies Resources/Partners Donate Featured Writers Contact Privacy Policy The Progressive Magazine	Background: The attack on public education is an attack on the very heart of our democracy. Yet the "school choice" movement has succeeded in setting the terms of the conversation. To the layperson, "school choice" and "education reform" sound like benign policy goals that aim to improve children's access to high-quality education. The Progressive Magazine announces a major new online resource to EXPOSE the behind-the-scenes effort to privatize our public schools, and CONNECT propublic school activists nationwide.	The Progressive is a monthly leftwing magazine of investigative reporting, political commentary, cultural coverage, activism, interviews, poetry, and humor. The Progressive Magazine is particularly well situated to provide such a platform. A national political magazine founded in 1909 by Fighting Bob La Follette, it has been a voice for democracy and social justice for over 100 years. From our base in Madison, Wisconsin, we have made the attack on public schools a particular focus of our reporting.
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