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Privatizing Public Education, Higher Ed Policy, and Teachers - Alec Exposed

Privatizing Public Education, Higher Ed Policy, and Teachers - Alec Exposed:


Privatizing Public Education, Higher Ed Policy, and Teachers


Increasing Profits for School Companies, Undermining Teachers, and Promoting "Conservatives" on Campus

Privatizing Public Education, Higher Ed Policy, and Teachers

This page reveals how ALEC bills would privatize public education, crush teacher's unions, and push American universities to the right. Among other things, these bills make education a private commodity rather than a public good, and reverse America’s modern innovation of promoting learning and civic virtue through public schools staffed with professional teachers for children from all backgrounds. Through ALEC, corporations have both a VOICE and a VOTE on specific state laws to change the American education system. Do you?


READ the "Model Bills" HERE


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Click here for a zip file of K-12 and higher education bills

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For a full list of individual bills from this section, click here

For descriptions of some of these bills, scroll down or click here.

Julie Underwood on ALEC & Education

Watch Julie Underwood, the eighth dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, discuss ALEC's school privatization agenda.
Watch other ALEC Exposed experts here.
Read Julie Underwood's article in The Nationhere.

How YOU Can Expose ALEC & Share What You Learn

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SPREAD THE WORD. Share information about ALEC through Facebook, e-mail and Twitter. Concerned groups and people in every state need this to investigate how ALEC corporations are rewriting laws for their own advantage. And, please join the conversation on Facebook!
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EXPOSE ALEC LEGISLATORS. Demand the truth about which politicians in your state are in ALEC. Uncover whether YOUR tax dollars are paying ALEC "dues." Expose politicians who accept “scholarships” from ALEC's corporate-funded coffers for fancy trips.
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EXPOSE ALEC'S ROLE IN YOUR STATE HOUSE. Read these corporate-backed "model bills" NOW and cross-check them with bills in your state legislature. Ask your local media to report on what you have found and write your local newspaper.
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SHARE YOUR DISCOVERIES. Tell us what you uncovered! Tweet what you learn with the hashtag #ALECexposed, join a discussion on this site or email us a confidential tip via editor AT ALECexposed.org.And, follow our tweets on Twitter!
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