ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Charter schools, Online learning, Vouchers

A voucher by any other name…tax credit, scholarship account, tuition grant…is still a voucher

August 28, 2017 — 2 Comments

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Cashing in on ed reform, School Vouchers, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos’ Education Tax Credits Will Take Money Away from the States

July 18, 2017 — 0 Comments

ALEC, Betsy DeVos, Blended learning, Broad Superintendents Academy, Charter schools, Online learning, Seattle Public Schools

The endgame of corporate reform in public school education: Part 1, What do Betsy DeVos and Seattle Public School’s IT Lead John Krull have in common?

February 12, 2017 — 10 Comments

ALEC, Charter schools, ESSA, No Child Left Behind, Online learning

ALEC is Excited About the New Testing Provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), so is iNACOL

September 25, 2016 — 6 Comments

ALEC, Charter school bill, Charter schools, Initiative 1240, Washington Policy Center

Dear Liv: Yes, A Loss for ALEC and the Privatizers Makes Me Happy

September 27, 2015 — 6 Comments

ALEC, Charter schools, Initiative 1240

Why is Washington State Attorney General Robert Ferguson sticking his neck out for charter schools?

September 20, 2015 — 2 Comments

Education Reform, Teachers and Teaching

We are losing talented, dedicated and experienced teachers and here’s why

June 28, 2015 — 6 Comments

ALEC, Atrocities, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Broad Foundation: The "Underground Department of Education", Center on Reinventing Public Education, Charter schools, Department of Education (DOE), Seattle Foundation

The Gates owned Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) right here in Seattle

June 23, 2015 — 6 Comments

ALEC, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Charter schools, League of Education Voters, New School Venture Fund, Poverty and Education, Rocketship

The Weekly Update: The corporate empire of public education and where that leaves the rest of us, ALEC, Gates and charter schools

December 27, 2013 — 4 Comments

ALEC, Charter schools, Common Core Standards, KIPP Schools, Teach for America

The Weekly Update: ALEC push back, Jeb Bush shows us how to cash in, Common Core Standards’ big oop’s, Teach for America alums speak out and more

August 14, 2013 — 1 Comment

ALEC, Legislation, Stand for Children

Legislative Alert: Grading schools (but not charter schools?) (HB 1476), teacher and principal evaluations based on test scores (SB 5246), cashing in on online learning and, of course, ALEC

February 1, 2013 — 6 Comments

ALEC, Representative Reuven Carlyle

The Washington Policy Center, or should I say ALEC, and the future of our children

January 10, 2013 — 3 Comments