The Network for Public Education has endorsed Daylin Leach for the U.S. Congress.
Daylin Leach is running for the 13th Congressional district in Pennsylvania.
He is a strong supporter of public education, and we need him in Congress.
I urge you to send whatever you can to help Daylin Leach get elected.
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Here is the statement of the Network for Public Education:
NPE endorses Pennsylvania’s Daylin Leach for U.S. Congress
NPE has decided to endorse Daylin Leach in the Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional district in Pennsylvania. Leach grew up in poverty in Philadelphia, and understands the challenges many of our students face.
In his responses to our questions, he wrote: “I have been a tireless advocate for public education, writing legislation to make college affordable for everyone to leading the fight against vouchers, to working to save a failing school. I know I would not be where I am today without the public education provided for me – and I believe that we owe it to all future generations to provide the same for them.”
We encourage voters in the 13th district to support Daylin Leach. You can find more information about Daylin Leach, at http://votedaylin.com.
Daylin made the following statement:
“I am deeply troubled by the movement to privatize public education, to turn it over to corporations more concerned with making a profit than they are in educating the next generation. It is not the role of government to pass the buck. We are not good stewards of taxpayer money if we hand it over to profit-making ventures who’s accountability is based on standardized tests. And we have failed our society if we defund or underfund students in an existing system to subsidize corporations and Wall Street.
That is why I have always fought against these measures in the Pennsylvania legislature. And that is why I want to bring this fight to Washington.”
Here is the link to the Daylin for Congress donation page https://act.myngp.com/Forms/5990913404309602304
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As a member of PSEA I am hoping Daylin will be endorsed by our union. I heard him speak at our synagogue in 2012 as part of the Obama campaign and he is the real deal when it comes to supporting public education. He also joined Philadelphia’s teachers when they marched last year for fair funding and against Corbett’s refusal to come to the school district’ said.
I am also a member of PSEA and do not trust their endorsements. Why they endorsed Rob McCord is a mystery. He seems to be the status quo. Now that John Hanger has withdrawn from the race, Tom Wolf seems to be the best choice for public education. On McCord’s website, he sounds better than Corbett, but who doesn’t? We need to think for ourselves and not just trust who our union endorses. After all, PSEA and the NEA accepted Gates money, and as a teacher I am sure you have seen the “good” that has come out of that. I hope the PSEA endorses Leach, as well… but don’t trust them. So sad.
Daylin Leach is up against Marjorie Margolies in the primary and will therefore need all the help he can get. Margolies’ is Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law and Bill has already been in the district fundraising for her. I seriously doubt with that kind of backing Margolies would stand up to the privatizers like Daylin.
His editor needs to fix the “who’s” error.
Whose.
Put a sock in it, please.
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Yeah, well, I’m in Massachusetts. Maybe I could move to PA so i’ll have somebody to vote for?
No seriously, I’m logging on right now to chip in a couple of bucks.
I am writing my check tonight. T
hanks for the information..