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ellenrr

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2. Same thing in New York city, and in Newark...

Reply to merrily (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 08:14 AM

Apr 2014

and I'm sure dozens of other cities.
Public education has become the cause celeb of the right-wing. (one of them anyway).

In New York city Mayor de Blasio was castigated as being "anti-charter" altho he approved 14 of 17 charter applications.
His charters-uber-alles opponent Eva Moskowtiz was backed (predictably) by BIG bucks.

In Newark, where I am involved, the mayorality election on May 13 - the biggest issue is the Superintendent of schools "One Newark Plan" - which is the plan of the privatization forces.

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group in Colorado seeks to reclaim education [View all] ellenrr Apr 2014 OP

Yet, in a hollywood movie, funded by rwingnut, taking back a school merrily Apr 2014 #1

Same thing in New York city, and in Newark... ellenrr Apr 2014 #2

I don't imagine Booker was anti-charter, was he? merrily Apr 2014 #5

No he's pro-Charter. He is Wall Street's guy ellenrr Apr 2014 #6

I knew that in general. merrily Apr 2014 #7

I'm reaching the point I don't want to support AllyCat Apr 2014 #3

I did that in the Boston Mayoral primary--and it wasn't easy. merrily Apr 2014 #4