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September 6, 2016

Op-ed: Health fee pinches taxpayers

Read this op-ed in the Boston Herald (September 4, 2016). Sometimes the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seems like part of history. While headlines about implementation pains persist, many changes are taking place under the radar. One such change that has received almost no...
May 22, 2012

Scantron 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC

http://www.prwatch.org/node/11523 Scantron Corporation, a $200 million for-profit educational testing and online tutoring company that makes, among other things, those ubiquitous scan forms for standardized tests (please make sure you fill in the bubble completely and clearly with a #2 pencil, etc.), joined...
May 1, 2012

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Cuts Ties to ALEC

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/01/1087935/-National-Board-for-Professional-Teaching-Standards-Cuts-Ties-to-ALEC The national certifying body for teachers in the United States, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), participated in the Education Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) until April 2012. In an official statement sent to the...