New Spotlight column: Are Charter Schools the Next Goldmine for Billionaires?
September 10, 2014New Newsworks Post: Camden’s Charter Schools: Law Suits and Politics
September 11, 2014QOD: NJEA’s Spending Continues to “Astound”
From NJ Spotlight:
The political spending by the New Jersey Education Association is no secret anymore, with the latest numbers — in the tens of millions — continuing to astound.
A new report by the state’s election finance commission tallied more than $57 million spent by the teachers union on political campaigns and lobbying in the past decade and a half — more than double its nearest rival.
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Gee, that's only 28.5% of what Bill Gates spent over a much shorter interval just to get the CCSS he wanted.
Why aren't you astounded and/or mortified over that?
Well, in part because NJEA's spending comes from teacher salaries via mandated union dues via public tax dollars. Bill Gates, on the other hand, is a philanthropist.