Sentences with phrase «at alec»

In 2015, CMD / PRWatch co-launched a website that documents the teaching of climate change denial to legislators at ALEC conferences: ALECClimateChangeDenial.org.

The following is also taken from CMD's Sourceawtch records: ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Meeting (2011) Sourcewatch reports Page Faulk, Chamber Vice President, presented «The Promoting Merit in «Merit Selection» Act» model legislation at Civil Justice Task Force Meeting at ALEC's 2011 meeting.

Finally, Exelon's subsidiary in Illinois, Commonwealth Edison, funded the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and was a sponsor at ALEC's 40th Annual Meeting in Chicago in 2013.

At the ALEC 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit she presented «10 Questions State Legislators Should Ask About Higher Education.»

At ALEC's coal - sponsored meeting, where state legislators and corporate representatives meet to create template state laws ranging from attacks on clean energy to privatization of public schools, Indiana's Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Management Tom Easterly laid out a plan to stall the US EPA global warming action in a power point clearly addressed to coal industry representatives at ALEC's meeting.

This month, at ALEC's third and final meeting of the year in Scottsdale, Arizona, I had an interesting encounter with a member of ALEC's board of directors.

It's earned such a description because it passes «model bills» written by corporate lobbyists and to boot, the lobbyists typically do so behind closed doors at ALEC's annual meetings.

Gibson spotted Pacheco at ALEC's conference in August.

The John Locke Foundation's Daren Bakst, of their Research Division, gave a presentation to the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force at ALEC's 2010 annual meeting.

Note: There was a Presentation by Michael Terrell of Google on the IT sector's renewable energy goals within the meeting Energy Subcommittee (of the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force) on July 30, 2014 at the ALEC annual meeting.

Exxon has paid substantial sums to serve in a leadership capacity at ALEC, both on the group's corporate board and on energy - related issue task forces, where corporations introduce «model» legislation and hold de facto veto power over what bills are subsequently promoted by ALEC.

«Google: We're parting with the climate change skeptics at ALEC,» The Washington Post.

Last December at an ALEC conference held in Washington, D.C., the EPA's looming decision to limit CO2 was a hot topic.

The Nation attributes the leak to Aliya Rahman, an Ohio - based activist who helped organize protests at ALEC's Spring Task Force meeting in Cincinnati.

for consideration at ALEC's Spring Policy Summit in the Western Michigan city of Grand Rapids last week.

Perhaps he really doesn't know better (although a man in his position certainly ought to know better), and has just repeated what he saw on a fossil - fuel funded denial group's website, or heard at an ALEC conference.

The bill was adopted by ALEC's Natural Resources Task Force, today known as the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, at ALEC's Spring Task Force Summit on May 5, 2000 — it was then approved by the full ALEC Board of Directors in June of 2000.

Seitz also spoke on a panel on «Renewable energy mandates reform» at ALEC's 2015 Annual Meeting, which was sponsored by AEP, Duke Energy, and ExxonMobil.

At ALEC today, private companies like the scandal - plagued K12 Inc. which are supported by U.S. taxpayers and pay their CEOs millions in annual salaries ($ 4 million in 2017) are pushing hard for the privatization of U.S. schools so they can rake in more profits.

Dr. Perry's appearance at ALEC was sponsored by EdChoice.

Jeb Bush Defends Common Core At ALEC Meeting and Jeb Bush defends Common Core and Michelle Rhee, Jeb Bush warn Michigan legislators against abandoning Common Core standards and JEB BUSH AND JOEL KLEIN: The Case for Common Educational Standards and Arne Duncan tells newspaper editors how to report on Common Core and Arne Duncan: Beating Up on Common Core Is «Political Silliness» and Arne Duncan Defends Common Core, Ridicules Critics and Obama quietly implements Common Core.

For an updated look at ALEC's education agenda in Wisconsin, see the Center for Media and Democracy's in - depth report, «ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State.»

More analysis is available below and also at ALEC Exposed's sister sites, PRWatch and SourceWatch.

K12's reps at ALEC Education Task Force meetings have been its Senior VP for Government Affairs (lobbying), Bryan Flood, along with its VP for Government Affairs, Don Lee, and its Senior Director of Government Affairs, Bob Fairbank.

What you never hear at ALEC is any discussion about improving public education.

DeVos, like most at ALEC, dismisses the collective good in favor of the individual benefit, regardless of how this impacts others.

In August, at ALEC's annual conference in New Orleans, the education task force officially adopted Bush's ten elements agenda.

From wikipedia * Koch Industries Inc. was one of 14 «Vice Chairman» level sponsors at ALEC's 2010 annual meeting, which requires a $ 25,000 donation.

Not exact matches

ALEC was also at the heart of the battle between Wisconsin Gov. Walker and collective bargaining including the Wisconsin state union workers back in 2011.

Basically, that meant that at a time, Cooper was seen as the nice guy from Alias then the jerk from Wedding Crashers and then the good looking smart alec from The Hangover.

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At present, there are approximately 155 pieces of model legislation listed on the ALEC website.

«Parent Trigger» was adopted by the ALEC Education Task Force at the 2010 States & Nation Policy Summit, December 3, 2010.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks to a packed crowd at an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference July 20, 2017, in at the Hyatt Regency in Denver.

Despite the American Legislative Council's tentative embrace of Donald Trump's presidency, they are foaming at the mouth for the now - endless opportunities to further privatize public education — a key ALEC goal they have been promoting and pushing for decades.

Ladner works for Jeb's Foundation for Excellence in Education, writes the K - 12 Education Report Card for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and is a fellow at the Friedman Foundation for School Choice / Ed Choice and the Goldwater Institute.

Many of the wealthiest corporations in the world are members of ALEC, which uses its vast resources to shower state politicians across the country with expensive gifts, high - priced dinners at fancy restaurants, and vacation junkets at exotic resorts.

For example, ALEC is a big supporter of vouchers and tuition tax credit schemes which use public dollars to subsidize tuition at private or religious schools.

Currently there are at least five different bills drafted by ALEC that use various approaches to divert public funds to private schools.

... ALEC has quietly but effectively helped mostly Republican lawmakers pass the kinds of laws the online learning companies want — laws that, for instance, require all graduating high school students to complete at least one virtual class.»

At the time, ALEC's education task force was chaired by the for - profit education firm Connections Academy, which specializes in K - 12 online education.

When a new wave of school choice supporters were swept into power at the state level in November 2010, Heartland saw an opportunity to put the Parent Trigger idea on steroids by bringing it to ALEC, the controversial corporate «bill mill.»

Other issues that ALEC, the group funded by the ultra-conservative Koch Brothers, pushes includes Arizona's anti-immigrant law, Florida's «stand your ground law,» that seeks to protect people who shoot «suspicious individuals,» and the flurry of laws aimed at suppressing Latino and African - American voters.

So as ALEC continues to fight for taxpayers, parents and kids, ISTA — as all teachers unions do — looks to preserve its power and influence... at the expense of taxpayers, parents and kids.

At the annual conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting this year, Dr. Steve Perry — a liberal charter school leader and passionate educational choice advocate — spoke about the poor state of K — 12 education for families of color and those in poverty and inspired the audience with his ideas on how to bridge the political divide to advance universal educational choice.

Our efforts began with individual blogs at the Daily Kos until many came together to collectively research, report and write about ALEC.

He is quoted in ALEC's promotional materials as saying the benefit of ALEC is that «business leaders have a seat at the table.»

They are heavily funded by a handful of millionaires and billionaires and passed through groups like Stand for Children, ALEC, Democrats for Education Reform, and 50CAN, who use their funding to advocate for privatization, for high - stakes testing, for evaluating teachers by test scores, and for stripping teachers of any due process so that experienced teachers may easily be replaced by newcomers who will work at entry - level wages and leave without ever collecting a pension.

While Rhee's influence — or at least her starpower — has receded somewhat, the reach of ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and Charles and David Koch continues to extend far and wide across the education spectrum.

They suddenly become one of those annoying smart alecs back in Primary School, covering up their homework and refusing to let you take a peek at their answers.