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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Follow The Money

Jersey Jazzman: Follow The Money

Follow The Money

I hate to upset Matt Yglesias's delicate sensibilities, but when education is described as a $600 billion "sector,"it's time to follow the money:
In 2002, Dick DeVos addressed the Heritage Foundation in D.C. His talk contained the following quotation: “…And so while those of us on the national level can give support, we need to encourage the development of these organizations on a state-by-state basis, in order to be able to offer a political consequence, for opposition, and political reward for support of education reform issues.
“That has got to be the battle. It will not be as visible. And, in fact, to the extent that we on the right, those of us on the conservative side of the aisle, appropriate education choice