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“Moving our schools from the public sector to the private sector is a false choice. Instead, as the research concisely demonstrates, parents and students should be able to choose a neighborhood public school with the important characteristics that are already established in the research literature and consistently observed in wealthy high-performing public and private schools. Access to those choices in democratically-controlled neighborhood public schools is the civil rights issue of our time— large-scale privatization of education is not.” Here’s a different look at the attempt to push school “choice” as a solution to the problems our schools face. http://txedrev.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Heilig_Reframing-the-Refrain_TxEdRev.pdf...

The next time you hear we need more charter schools to give choice to poor children, think of this piece:http://www.plunderbund.com/2013/12/10/ecot-founder-living-very-well-off-ohios-school-funding-dollars/...

We disagree with Governor Brownback’s recent statement that perception of ALEC’s influence in Kansas is overblown. Here’s a map showing Kansas has the nation’s 6th highest percentage of legislators with ALEC ties (42%). We believe Kansans know what Kansas needs, and our legislators don’t need to meet with national corporations to form their education policy.http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/map-alec-in-your-state?utm_campaign=brookings-alert&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=11462914&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–lwaCV3vb1ybGzlmGSP–6rGH9xcocUWwtn6FmSjOxhAJxXwL6dQnVt3tF0eK_sic4_TpwFa_c4EBCsMoKY459RwXIBWr1eKtKl9pLAePm9Duf36c&_hsmi=11462914 Map: ALEC’s Influence in Your State www.brookings.edu The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is known for writing model legislation with major industries and then encouraging their introduction – through their legislative partners – in statehouses nationwide....