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ALEC Releases Model Education Bills; Foes Not Satisfied

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)
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Andrew Ujifusa -- ALEC hasn't been quite as much in the news as it was just over a year ago, but it is still considered a force in state policymaking circles. In education policy, ALEC has advocated for things like private-school vouchers, parent-trigger laws, and virtual education.

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National conservative group’s ‘model legislation’ ends up becoming law in Oklahoma

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 88, Clicks: 13)
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A national organization criticized recently for churning out prewritten bills to state legislatures across the country has been a platform for some of the more controversial laws passed in Oklahoma in recent years.

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Ravitch: A primer on the group driving school reform

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 84, Clicks: 4)
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Diane Ravitch -- ALEC is the guiding force behind state-level efforts to privatize public education and to turn teachers into at-will employees who may be fired for any reason. The ALEC agenda is today the “reform” agenda for education.

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Controversial Policy Group Casts Long K-12 Shadow

Skinner sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 115, Clicks: 5)
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In nearly 40 years of legislative advocacy, the American Legislative Exchange Council—a free-market, limited-government group now drawing intense scrutiny for its support of a controversial self-defense law—has had a significant influence in K-12 education through its model legislation and work with state lawmakers to promote such policies as private school vouchers and “parent trigger” laws.

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Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress, and Reform

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.alec.org (Views: 104, Clicks: 4)
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ALEC’s 17th edition of the Report Card on American Education contains a comprehensive overview of educational achievement levels (performance and gains for low-income students) for the 50 states and the District of Columbia (see full report for complete methodology).

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