I'm a chemistry teacher at a low-income public high school, north of Boston. I campaigned and contributed furiously for Obama, but I'm not the "Teacher Unions" bogeyman. I'm a teacher. I've been posting comments on Edweek.org for about 18 months as chemtchr, trying to expose the for-profit edubusiness entrepreneurs who seem to have taken control of my school and my state.
In Massachusetts, these profiteers are backed by the right-wing Pioneer Institute, but I have found that they overlap everywhere with AIG billionaire Eli Broad's "public interest" foundation. Now it looks like the same people are about to change hats and ride in higher than ever on the Obama administration. Can we stop them?
I signed up on Kos, and am pulling myself together to blog about it. I want to share the links I have found, and give others an opportunity to come forward and link to other work I haven't found. Does anybody know any people currently leading this fight?
Hello. is there anybody out there?
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