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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Schools Matter: First Steps to End TFA's Federally Funded Corporate Welfare Program

Schools Matter: First Steps to End TFA's Federally Funded Corporate Welfare Program:


First Steps to End TFA's Federally Funded Corporate Welfare Program

With the help of Gates, ALEC, Broad, Waltons, etc., the Federal government is now engaged in a systematic attempt to use public resources to privatize or corporatize public education.  From Dora Taylor in Seattle:
 
 In 2009, Teach for America, Inc. (TFA, Inc.) had over $300M in net assets. In 2010, Wendy Kopp received a $50M grant from the government to send unqualified college recruits into the inner city schools to teach our most vulnerable. This money is on top of the fee that she charges a school district  for each recruit that is hired. Now Ms. Kopp is shilling for more by lobbying our legislators