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Friday, May 4, 2012

Schools Matter: Corporate Party Continues Propaganda Campaign Against Chicago Teachers

Schools Matter: Corporate Party Continues Propaganda Campaign Against Chicago Teachers:


Corporate Party Continues Propaganda Campaign Against Chicago Teachers

Back in the old days of the Bush Administration, the Bushies paid hacks like Kate Walsh, who were receiving federal discretionary grants from ED,  to seed the op-ed pages of America's newspapers with pro-NCLB propaganda.  After an Inspector General report called out NCTQ and Walsh for their illegal actions, corporate ed deformers shifted their strategy to take advantage of the era of unrestricted spending by PACs and Super PACs.  

Take the work of Rebeca Nieves Huffmanfor instance, whose accounts include Chicago Sun-Times, where she spreads the gospel for the Corporate Party's neoliberal wing, the Democrats for Education Reform.  

Who is Rebeca Nieves Huffman?  Well, here is her ad posted at the Friedman Foundation--as in Milton Friedman-- whose philosophy best represents the conservative wing of the Corporate Party that she