Charter schools seem to have a bottomless bucket of money, while public schools are scrimping by on beans & rice. Intense lobbying (funded by out-of-state interests) for the charter school industry has resulted in some pretty sweet laws created in Tennessee that are now making charter operators and investors rich, rich, rich and are destroying our public schools.
A smart group of TN citizens did a little research and are now requesting that the IRS investigate this illegal lobbying for charter schools:
A smart group of TN citizens did a little research and are now requesting that the IRS investigate this illegal lobbying for charter schools:
Click HERE to download the letter
TN Parents has blogged on this issue before (click here) TN Parents are tired of their voices being trumped by people who write checks.
Note to rich people: If you want to start a "grassroots" movement, don't put it in your 3-year business plan and pay people big salaries to do it for you. That is not grassroots, that is fluffy, expensive astroturf.
TN Parents has blogged on this issue before (click here) TN Parents are tired of their voices being trumped by people who write checks.
Note to rich people: If you want to start a "grassroots" movement, don't put it in your 3-year business plan and pay people big salaries to do it for you. That is not grassroots, that is fluffy, expensive astroturf.
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