Right-wing Lobby Group, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), Pick Pro-Voucher Candidates for August 14 Wisconsin Primary
Larry Miller
IT IS A RULE: YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST PEOPLE AND FOR CORPORATIONS AND CALL YOURSELF A DEMOCRAT...EVER!
Katy Venskus, Wisconsin State Director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), recently put forward a list of Milwaukee candidates that DFER supports in the upcoming August 14 primary. Each of these candidates supports the expansion of vouchers in Milwaukee and in the state of Wisconsin.
The list includes Elizabeth Coggs, running for the 6th Senate District seat, Jason Fields, running for the 11th assembly district seat, along with Jason’s brother, Jarrett Fields, running in the 16th assembly district. Elizabeth and Jason recently made their positions on vouchers clear by signing onto a letter generated byHoward Fuller in support of the creation of vouchers in the state of New Jersey. (see NJ Letter on Vouchers2.)
In the letter sent to the speaker of the New Jersey state assembly, Coggs and Fields claim success of the
One group that has been successful in pushing this wave of privatization is Democrats For Education Reform (DFER), a group of largely finance industry Democrats who advocate for expansion of charter schools and high-stakes testing, among other policies.
Dissent Magazine uncovers a conference that DFER executive director Joe Williams spoke at in 2010. At that
IT IS A RULE: YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST PEOPLE AND FOR CORPORATIONS AND CALL YOURSELF A DEMOCRAT...EVER!
Katy Venskus, Wisconsin State Director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), recently put forward a list of Milwaukee candidates that DFER supports in the upcoming August 14 primary. Each of these candidates supports the expansion of vouchers in Milwaukee and in the state of Wisconsin.
The list includes Elizabeth Coggs, running for the 6th Senate District seat, Jason Fields, running for the 11th assembly district seat, along with Jason’s brother, Jarrett Fields, running in the 16th assembly district. Elizabeth and Jason recently made their positions on vouchers clear by signing onto a letter generated byHoward Fuller in support of the creation of vouchers in the state of New Jersey. (see NJ Letter on Vouchers2.)
In the letter sent to the speaker of the New Jersey state assembly, Coggs and Fields claim success of the
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By Zaid Jilani posted Apr 2nd 2012 on Republic Report
One of Big Money’s last targets for privatization is America’s public schools. Using a variety of policy schemes ranging from school vouchers to for-profit charter schools, the education privatization movement seeks to take over America’s largely public K-12 education system and put it in the hands of some of the very same peoplewho caused the financial crash on Wall Street.By Zaid Jilani posted Apr 2nd 2012 on Republic Report
One group that has been successful in pushing this wave of privatization is Democrats For Education Reform (DFER), a group of largely finance industry Democrats who advocate for expansion of charter schools and high-stakes testing, among other policies.
Dissent Magazine uncovers a conference that DFER executive director Joe Williams spoke at in 2010. At that