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Randi Weingarten Declares Victory

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Read More: Alliance for School Choice, AFT President Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, School Vouchers, Weingarten, Randi Weingarten, American Federation for Children, Randi Weingarten Teachers Union, School Choice, Randi Weingarten School Choice, Kevin Chavous, Politics News

This article comes to us courtesy of the New Haven Independent. PALO ALTO—Three thousand miles away from New Haven, the city became Exhibit A in ...

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Education PACs Backing Charters, Vouchers, Show Muscle In Tennessee Races

Commercial Appeal | Jane Roberts | Posted 01.08.2013 | Home
Read More: Tennessee Schools, Pacs, American Federation for Children, Bill Haslam, Super PACs, Studentsfirst, Opportunity Scholarship Task Force, Pac, Education Pacs, Video, Home News

Two groups promoting charter schools and vouchers poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into state and local political races this year and wrote som...

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With Few Political Points to Gain, Candidates Duck Education Conversation

Malcom Glenn | Posted 12.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Mitt Romney, Education, Education Reform, American Federation for Children, President Obama, Home News
Malcom Glenn

Including the vice presidential debates, there are still three more chances left for the candidates to truly engage in the most important issue before us--to give it more than a passing reference or two in the midst of the partisan back-and-forth.

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Lawmakers Find Extra Money For Private Schools As Public Schools See Cuts

| Bill Lueders | Posted 11.21.2011 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Alliance for School Choice, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Private Schools, American Federation for Children, School Funding, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Sondy Pop-Roberts, Wisconsin Public Schools, Wisconsin School Choice, Howard Marklein, Wisconsin Schools, Private Schools, Scott Walker, Milwaukee Program, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, School Choice, Education Reform, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Video, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the first of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...

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Why Was Obama Missing-in-Action in Wisconsin?

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics
Read More: Koch Brothers, Wisconsin, Americans for Prosperity, American Federation for Children, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Family Council, Recall, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Barack Obama, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Had Obama gone to Wisconsin and campaigned, or even made a few public statements endorsing the Democrats seeking to unseat six of Walker's right-wing allies, the liberal Democrats might have turned a narrow defeat into a spectacular unprecedented victory.

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