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Monday, February 20, 2012

Schools Matter: Corporate Charter Lobbyists Go After Florida School Construction Money

Schools Matter: Corporate Charter Lobbyists Go After Florida School Construction Money:

Corporate Charter Lobbyists Go After Florida School Construction Money

With hundreds of millions already in the bank, the vulture philanthropists and their hopped-up hedge funders are looking for more cash for their corporate welfare charter schools.

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From Miami Herald:
By Kathleen McGrory and Scott Hiaasen
shiaasen@miamiherald.com
A legislative plan to give charter schools a cut of local school districts’ construction money would steer millions of additional dollars to large charter-school networks that are already sitting on tens