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Jeb Bush’s Foundations Falsely Allign Parent Opposition to Unions While Raking in Cash from Edu Corps | Scathing Purple Musings

Jeb Bush’s Foundations Falsely Allign Parent Opposition to Unions While Raking in Cash from Edu Corps | Scathing Purple Musings:


Jeb Bush’s Foundations Falsely Allign Parent Opposition to Unions While Raking in Cash from Edu Corps

StateImpact’s John O’Connor got a quote  from a spokeswomen who provides statements for both of Jeb Bush’s foundations for his story about the formation of parent inspired Alliance for Public Schools. Jaryn Emhof is listed as National Director of Communications for Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education  (FEE) and as the Director of Communications for the Foundation for Florida’s Future (FFF) I wonder if O’Connor got to select which title he used for Emhof or if it was the other way around.
At any rate, Emhof’s got that education reformer lingo down. Rule number one for edreform flacks is to alwaysplay the union card. Emhof never disappoints:
Foundation for Florida’s Future spokeswoman Jaryn Emhof said they’re willing to listen to the Alliance’s for Public Schools  point of view, but suspect the group will become a mouthpiece for the state’s largest teacher’s union.
“We welcome people to the discussion about what is the best policy for Florida,” Emhof said.