ALEC finds a friend in the charter world
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an extreme right-wing, anti-union, corporate front groupthat has worked successfully to pass pro-corporate laws in state legislatures across the country. They have been especially active in pushing legislation that supports school vouchers, privately-managed charter schools, and the outlawing of collective-bargaining rights for teachers.
Following the outcry over the group's pushing of "Stand Your Ground" laws and racist voter-suppression acts, at least 15 major corporations, foundations, and other organizations have decided to end their funding commitments to ALEC.
But ALEC has another way of financing itself that doesn't involve private corporations at all, writes Huffington's Zaid Jilani. He reports that The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is one of ALEC's members at least through 2009 and may
Following the outcry over the group's pushing of "Stand Your Ground" laws and racist voter-suppression acts, at least 15 major corporations, foundations, and other organizations have decided to end their funding commitments to ALEC.
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