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Friday, August 1, 2014

Last Stand for Children First: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean

Last Stand for Children First: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean:



Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean



Campbell Brown's courageous stand to take on teacher tenure protections has recently come under some fire because her Partnership for Educational Justice has refused to publicly state where its funding is coming from.  Now, Campbell Brown is no dummy, she is a graduate of the same prestigious Regis University that provided many of the top advisers in the Bush administration.  As Ms. Brown said on The Colbert Report, she knows that letting the name of those funding her out could leave these billionaires subject to payback from public school teachers.




Fortunately, a group of Campbell Brown's supporters have stepped forward and they represent a magnificent seven of the titans of American industry:

Cyberdyne Systems:  Cyberdyne Systems is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California where they were involved in the Vergara lawsuit to strip teachers of their tenure protections.  A spokesperson for Cyberdyne told us, "We've been happy to support Campbell in trying to end an antiquated teacher model.  We believe our own Skynet will dramatically change education in the next five to 10 years and we can't have old protections from the time when workers used to be exploited slowing us down."

Luthor Corp: Obviously one of our biggest tech companies, Luther Corp CEO Lex Luthor reportedly was very moved by the movie Waiting for Superman and got involved in the reform struggle after that.  Luthor was quoted as saying, "Waiting for Superman is just preposterous.  He's not even human.  He's a menace.  Oh yes, and teachers don't need that tenure thing.  Now leave me alone."

SPECTRE Corporation: SPECTRE has been around over 50 years and helped to shape the destiny of the world we live in today.  CEO Ernst Blofeld has built a considerable 
Last Stand for Children First: Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean: