A Smart ALEC Threatens Public Education

Autor/inn/en	Underwood, Julie; Mead, Julie F.
Titel	A Smart ALEC Threatens Public Education
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 93 (2012) 6, S.51-55 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Collective Bargaining; Corporations; Public Education; Public Schools; Educational Vouchers; Indiana; Ohio; Tennessee; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Tarifverhandlung; Unternehmen; Öffentliche Erziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10