Sentences with phrase «corporate privatization efforts»

In her recent column, state Rep. Chris Taylor argues that the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, and presumably other voucher proponents are «all about tearing down our public - school infrastructure so corporate privatization efforts can move in and make a buck.»

For ALEC, it is all about tearing down our public school infrastructure so corporate privatization efforts can move in and make a buck.

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AMY GOODMAN: The DeVoses have bankrolled their school deregulation and privatization efforts through a dark money group called American Federation for Children, a major contributor to the right - wing corporate education movement.

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

The October issue of CTA's magazine, California Educator, is full of anti-Tuck blather, including an editorial by union president Dean Vogel in which he solemnly proclaims that the challenger is a «well - funded corporate education reformer who supports the privatization of public schools and efforts to obliterate due process for teachers.»

When it comes to Governor Malloy, Commissioner Pryor and the corporate education reform industry, the Bronx charter school's effort to move into Stamford is probably the most absurd, inappropriate, insulting, and anti-local control privatization scheme that we've seen so far in Connecticut.

The organizers said they are objecting to «a national movement to Reclaim Our Schools from privatization efforts that will bankrupt public education, we will stand with Los Angeles parents, educators, students, administrators, and community members for fully funded public schools and call on corporate charter schools to pay their fair share to the district.»

He also serves on the Charter Oak Challenge Foundation, one of the vehicles that the corporate reformers have used to funnel money to Vallas and Bridgeport privatization efforts.

Polis» outrageous and inappropriate attack on Diane Ravitch may not have been some random, bizarre act on the part of an arrogant, self - serving Congressman but part of the corporate education reform industry's broader PR effort to dismiss the growing opposition to the privatization of public education.

Excel Bridgeport, the corporate funded education reform group that has been lobbying for Bridgeport's public school privatization efforts reported spending $ 101,803.36.

Making the situation even more disgusting, in an effort to cover - up the privatization strategy, the Malloy administration, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra and the corporate education reform groups are trying to make it appear that the whole effort to close down the turnaround committee process is simply a response to «service» the Clark parents.