ALEC - destroying public schools for America

[Sarah Ibarruri]

This website is a summary of the damage ALEC is doing to public schools. I found it very interesting, and it's user-friendly.

http://aftunion.tumblr.com/post/76358752426/alec-vs-the-world-on-education-policy

[Sunlei]

1. I want to pay school taxes for public schools only! That voucher system is such a scam on America.

If they didn't have voucher money/federal/state money to profit off of, 'ALEC-gang' wouldn't give a shit about our schools.

[okaawhatever]

2. A few examples:

3. ALEC proposals push “school choice” and for-profit schools
ALEC bills include legislation for vouchers and online schools.

World Comparison: Wrong Direction
Top performing countries have strong PUBLIC systems. The OECD recommends ensuring that school choice programs do not become a back door for resegregation based on race or income.

4. ALEC policies close down schools
ALEC has proposals to close down and “turn around” schools, sometimes by bringing in “special management” to run them.

World Comparison: Wrong Direction
Closing schools has a terrible effect on students and can destabilize communities. The OECD recommends directing resources to the students with the greatest needs and providing a wide curriculum and educational alternatives to prevent dropouts.

5. ALEC has proposed creating a STEM (science, technology, education and math) education subcommittee with oil companies as members
Exxon, BP and Shell Oil were invited to serve as private sector members on the subcommittee. ALEC legislation already includes bills that would require teaching of corporate perspectives on climate change.

World Comparison: Wrong Direction
Rather than letting corporations make laboratories of our schools, countries that outperform us, like Canada, put money into encouraging local experimentation and innovation. This is recommended by the OECD.

[modrepub]

3. Exxon Doesn't Deny Climate Change

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they just say we should adapt because living without oil "is too hard". It would be nice if corporations would actually take an interest and be involved in public schools outside of career days. Not all that worried about industry indoctrinating kids; raising my own has shown me that you can't make someone think a certain way.

[okaawhatever]

5. I didn't know that. They may still fund anti-climate researchers, though. Remember how the insurers

were publicly supporting the ACA, but secretly funding anti-ACA groups?

The beigger question is, is Exxon paying to stop climate change legislation from being passed?

[modrepub]

6. That's a good question and probably hard to answer

It's also a little known fact that nearly all of the oil companies financed climate model studies back in the 1980s and 90s to help them explore for new oil reserves. These studies were actually quite accurate at predicting where reserves might be found. It was a side note that climate modelers stumbled upon the link between global CO2 levels and global temperatures while doing work for the oil industry. So in essence, the oil companies planted the seed of their own "destruction".

[okaawhatever]

7. Ha ha. I didn't know that. I remember Bush redacting portions of the "official" government report on

climate change.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. And you're correct - they do...

http://www.exxonsecrets.org/maps.php

Go through that website and click, "organizations." It's pretty scary.

[okaawhatever]

9. I just checked it out. Wow. A lot of manipulation and money floating around those orgs. nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. Yes, and that's what we're up against. Pretty awful. nt

[El_Johns]

4. kr