CORPORATE CASH: THE STEALING OF EDUCATION BY CORPORATIONS: ALEC pushes Charter Schools because of MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!

http://www.alternet.org/education/cashing-kids-corporate-lobbying-powerhouse-alec-pushed-172-school-privatization-bills-last?akid=14061.294211.C6yL-E&rd=1&src=newsletter1052558&t=12

EDUCATION

Cashing in on Kids: Corporate Lobbying Powerhouse ALEC Pushed 172 School Privatization Bills Last Year

ALEC's agenda would destroy public education and turn it into one that serves for-profit interests.

ALEC's Education Task Force is also funded by the billionaire DeVos family, which bankrolls a privatization operation called "American Federation of Children," and by for-profit corporations like K12 Inc., which was founded by junk-bond king Michael Milliken.

ALEC's education task force has pushed legislation for decades to privatize public schools, weaken teacher's unions, and lower teaching standards.

ALEC's agenda would transform public education from a public and accountable institution that serves the public into one that serves private, for-profit interests. ALEC model bills divert taxpayer money from public to private schools through a variety of "voucher" and "tuition tax credit" programs. They promote unaccountable charter schools and shift power away from democratically elected local school boards.

ALEC Vouchers, a Step toward "Abolishing Public Schools" according to Milton Friedman