[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Add your name: Protect public education

[Irene Malone]

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> From: "Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO" <peoplepower at aflcio.org>
> Subject: Add your name: Protect public education
> Date: December 19, 2016 at 8:08:32 AM PST
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> Sign the Open Letter to Demand Elected Officials Support Good Public Schools
> President-elect Donald Trump has nominated school privatization advocate and right-wing billionaire Betsy DeVos for secretary of education. DeVos has pushed a failed program of unregulated vouchers and for-profit charter schools that has failed students, parents and teachers in Michigan. Now, she wants to expand those destructive policies nationally.
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> Sign the open letter from our friends at the America Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) to demand the next secretary of education and all legislators support high-quality public education for every student.
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> Add Your Name ›
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> Irene,
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> President-elect Donald Trump has left no doubt in our minds that he wants to gut public education with his nomination of Betsy DeVos for secretary of education.
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> DeVos has spent much of her life and used her inherited wealth to lobby for an unregulated voucher system, for-profit charter schools and a host of other education policies that have hurt students, teachers and communities in her home state of Michigan and, if implemented nationally, will destroy our public school system. To make matters worse, it was recently reported that the DeVos family is profiting off of federal student loan debt through a hedge fund they have a stake in.
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> Our friends at the AFT and the NEA—which both represent millions of teachers—have put out an open letter demanding the next secretary of education and every legislator ensure all students have access to high-quality schools.
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> Sign onto the open letter now to support good, public education for every child.
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> Considering both Trump and DeVos are billionaires who never attended or sent their own children to public schools, it is not surprising that they fail to understand the importance of a strong public education system.
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> DeVos and her husband funded a multimillion-dollar ballot initiative in an attempt to create a voucher system for Michigan state schools. When Michigan voters rejected the measure, DeVos immediately shifted focus to expanding private charter schools with public funding.
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> And it’s been an utter failure. Politico reported recently that “despite two decades of charter-school growth, the state’s overall academic progress has failed to keep pace with other states....Notably, the state’s charter schools scored worse on that test than their traditional public-school counterparts, according to an analysis of federal data.”
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> You would think she and other education privatization advocates would have learned from their mistakes. But, from all indications, DeVos and Trump are going to double down on these failed policies. Trump has proposed a $20 billion plan that will use taxpayer dollars to implement a voucher system for private and religious schools, similar to what DeVos pushed for in Michigan.
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> With Betsy DeVos at the helm of the Department of Education, this nightmare could become a reality.
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> The promise of America requires that we provide every child with a quality education. A good education system will ensure we continue to keep America’s workforce strong. Considering that more than 90% of America’s children are enrolled in public schools, we should demand that legislators strengthen—not weaken—our public school system.
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> Add your name to the open letter now to demand that the next secretary of education and every other elected official protect and uphold a vision for a high-quality public education system.
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> In Solidarity,
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> Liz
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> Liz Shuler
> Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
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