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NPE Launches New Website with Stories from the Frontlines of Public School Advocacy

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NPE ACTION’S NEW PROJECT TO BRING TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCACY Public schools remain incredibly popular among Americans across the political spectrum,...

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U.S. Treasury: Richest Americans Dodge $163 Billion inTaxes

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CBS News reported on an analysis by the U.S. Treasury showing that the richest Americans avoid paying $163 billion each year. The top 1% of...

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“The American Dream Is Now in Denmark”

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Anand Girihadaras is one of the most interesting thinkers and writers of our time. His book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the...

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Gates, Walton, and Chan-Zuckerberg Join to Find “Breakthroughs” in Education

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Why do so many billionaires think that it is their responsibility to redesign education? I, personally, would prefer to see them spend their time figuring...

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Matthew Thomas: Billionaires Are Funding Critical Race Theory

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Matthew Thomas reports that charter-loving billionaires are funding critical race theory. He quotes AOC, who asked: “Why don’t you want our schools to teach anti-racism?...

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Three Billionaires Combine to Seek a “Breakthrough” in Education, Despite a Long Record of Failures

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Matt Barnum of Chalkbeat reported that the Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are joining forces to fund a “breakthrough”...

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Maurice Cunningham: Why is the Press Uninterested in the Corporate Invasion of Public Education?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 3, 2021August 4, 2021

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Readers of this blog have followed the advance of privatization of public school funding for nearly a decade. We know the big foundations and individuals...

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Maurice Cunningham: Phony Parent Groups Lead Attacks on Critical Race Theory

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Maurice Cunningham is a political scientist with a deep interest in how Dark Money influences education policy. His motto is: “Dark Money never sleeps.” He...

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Congratulations, Jeff Bezos! Now, Pay Your Taxes!

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Jeremy Mohler of the nonpartisan “In the Public Interest,” the leading voice against privatization of the public sector, notes that billionaire Jeff Bezos made into...

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“Bill Gates Should Stop Telling Africans What Kind of Agriculture Africans Need”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 21, 2021July 22, 2021

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Writing in Scientific American, Million Belay and Beatrice Mugambe complain that the Gates Foundatuon is steering African agriculture in the wrong direction. Financed by Gates,...

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