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Education Faculty at Eastern Michigan University Stands Up to Governor Snyder

In her Washington Post column Friday, Valerie Strauss reports on a protest by faculty in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University, which is a partner with Governor Rick Snyder’s Education Achievement Authority.

EXCLUSIVE Report on How the DeVos Family's Dark Money is Reshaping Education

Keeping Up with the DeVos Family
The DeVos family of West Michigan has a huge footprint in Michigan Republican politics, and beyond. They are a potent financial force in “education choice,” the war against organized labor and the religious right’s reactionary efforts against cultural evolution.

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Much like Massachusetts, Michigan has language in its Constitution that bars the possibility of school privatization legislation. An amendment adopted in the 1970s explicitly prohibits the use of public funds for private school vouchers or tax credits. There have been two attempts to appeal the amendment in 1978 and 2000, but both failed.

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