This blog lists the websites and bloggers in Indiana who oppose state superintendent Tony Bennett. That’s easy. It includes every parent group in the state and everyone concerned about the future of education.
Which leaves the important question: Who supports Bennett? Well, big corporations. Advocates of privatization. People who hate unions. Groups that want to strip teachers of their profession and turn them into at-will employees like the greeters at Costco. The fake group called “Stand for Children,” also known as Stand on Children. Wall Street hedge fund managers. Online corporations hoping to make lots of money by recruiting students to homeschool while the corporation profits.
This election will be a referendum on whether Indiana wants to give away public education to private interests. It will happen unless the public wakes up and says no to privatization, yes to the common good.
“Groups that want to strip teachers of their profession and turn them into at-will employees like the greeters at Costco.”
I think you mean WalMart, not Costco.
One, Costco doesn’t have greaters, they only have someone at the door, checking in customers by looking at their Costco card and pressing a clicker to count numbers of members for that day.
The only reason Costco doesn’t have a union is the stupidity demonstrated by Seattle area leadership of the retail clerks union. The two founders of Costco went to them for help getting union representation for their employees. When asked how many stores Costco had and learning there was only one right now, they said, “You’re too small for us to worry about.” The founders went away and organized their employee pay, benefits, and working conditions that were so good, no one seems interested in starting a union.
I know, because my daughter works in one.
Correction: Costco doesn’t have greeters. I can spell, really I can.