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Friday, July 4, 2014

About that StudentsFirst tweet… | teacherbiz

About that StudentsFirst tweet… | teacherbiz:



About that StudentsFirst tweet…

It never shocks me when StudentsFirst says something ridiculous, but this tweet I came across yesterday is particularly laughable.  
The tweet itself is a quote from an Alexander Russo blurb (which is in direct response to a Politico article) that compares StudentsFirst’s campaign spending to that of the NEA and AFT and their state affiliates.
So to mislead people and attempt to vilify teachers’ unions like they usually do, StudentsFirst chose to tweet Russo’s assertion that, “reform money, however new and on the rise it may be currently, remains substantially less than teacher union money.”
Um, NO. What?? No no no no no. No.
First of all, Russo’s post refers specifically to campaign contributions fromone reform organization (SF)–yet he makes an inaccurate and irresponsible leap: that StudentsFirst’s campaign contributions are the only funds behind the “reform” movement–and, further, that StudentsFirst is the only“reform” organization. Let’s be clear: campaign contributions and reform About that StudentsFirst tweet… | teacherbiz: