ERIC Number: EJ985090
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 5
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A Smart ALEC Threatens Public Education
Underwood, Julie; Mead, Julie F.
Phi Delta Kappan, v93 n6 p51-55 Mar 2012
Public education has historically been in the public and political eye. Then came 2011 and the high profile and well televised protests in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. In each case Republican Governors and Republican controlled state legislatures had introduced substantially similar bills that sought sweeping changes to each state's collective bargaining statutes and various school funding provisions. What was going on? How could elected officials in multiple states suddenly introduce such similar legislation? The answer: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has become a very efficient mechanism for corporations to exercise political power--and they have.
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Collective Bargaining, Corporations, Public Education, Public Schools, Educational Vouchers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana; Ohio; Tennessee; Wisconsin
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