| IMPORTANT NEWS! The Network for Public Education has issued a BIG MONEY ALERT about efforts to swamp state and local school board races with outsize campaign contributions. The ALERT focuses on a handful of races where corporate reformers are using their vast financial resources to win control. Many of the biggest donors are out-of-state and have NO TIES TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS other than a desire to promote charter schools, high-stakes testing, and test-based evaluations of teachers.The race for state school superintendent in California has attracted the most corporate reform money. Marshall Tuck is the favorite of the billionaires and hedge fund managers. State superintendent Tom Torlakson is an educator with solid support among the state's teachers and administrators. Eli Broad's donated1,375,000; Walton $950,00:Bloomberg contributed $250,000; Robertson Foundation with $1,000,000... |
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