This article gives an excellent overview of the ALEC education agenda and shows how states–in this case, New Jersey–copy the ALEC model legislation almost verbatim.
This article gives an excellent overview of the ALEC education agenda and shows how states–in this case, New Jersey–copy the ALEC model legislation almost verbatim.

Diane, I am a teacher in Chicago, very grateful for your articulation of the issues. Please consider reading this when and if you get the chance. Thanks, Jay C. Rehak, CTU Member (President of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund)
The more schools that are closed, the more damage that is done to Chicago. Why taxpayers lose when a school is closed.
http://importanceofschools.blogspot.com
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For a bigger picture on ALEC, check out http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed .
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Great site, loved the ALEC rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXUPDAMc_6o
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ALEC poses a greater threat to American democracy than all the terrorists in the world combined.
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Although he bills himself as a Trenton outsider, Governor Chris Christie was formerly a LOBBYIST, who lobbied Chris Cerf, who was running Edison Schools Inc. into the ground.
NJDOE education reform, brought and bought by the good men of ALEC.
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Why not have the new group you formed and those interested in legislation mock ALEC? Caring legislators might appreciate an alternative.
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