Protest greets conservative education summit in SF
Friday, October 14, 2011
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is to give the keynote.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Activists with the Occupy movement joined forces with teachers union members outside a San Francisco hotel Thursday to protest an education conference promoting charter schools, teacher pay for performance and more digital instruction in schools.
Big names in the country's conservative education reform movement were featured at the two-day conference, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and media baron Rupert Murdoch.
Sponsored by the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a nonprofit headed by Bush, the summit focused on seniority-based teacher compensation and the
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