Is GOP Book Banning About Making Money For One Connected Publisher?

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If it walks like a duck...

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/04/gop-book-banning-about-making-money-one

Is GOP Book Banning About Making Money For One Connected Publisher?
We're just asking the question!
By Susie Madrak — April 21, 2022


Huh. So after weeks of attacks on textbooks, turns out only one textbook publisher will be permitted in Florida, one called Accelerate Learning.

Pretty easy to see the corruption angle while they publicly fake rage at things. At this point the real question is how is this going to be stopped? pic.twitter.com/An2XUqzDeF

— Jennifer (@HiJCP) April 21, 2022

Via Yahoo News:

The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, acquired Accelerate Learning on Dec. 20, 2018, according to the firm's website.

During that time, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was the co-CEO of the firm. After 25 years with the company, Youngkin resigned in 2020 to run for office in Virginia.

The first thing Youngkin did as governor of Virginia was sign an executive order to "end the use of inherently divisive concepts, including critical race theory, and restoring excellence in K-12 public education in the commonwealth," a measure that's comparable to DeSantis' "Stop WOKE Act."

In other words, the first thing Youngkin did was what might be an attempt to steer business to his old company. Just a coinky dink? I wonder if he still has a financial interest? JUST ASKING QUESTIONS!

Another question: Will our librul media find a way to "both sides" this?

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1. Gomer Pyle called it

https://images.app.goo.gl/1ZMQTKgwvt8mcSY4A

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2. No they don't want educated people. Harder to crush their dreams.

Conservatives in Canada want to cut the CBC television and radio network. It gives a cab driver the equivalent of a BA in a decade. It is great for civil society. Canadians love it. It keeps us connected to each other. The want to destroy informed voters so it has got to go.

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3. Ah, the Carlyle Group.

What memories, what memories.

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4. Republican playbook: Jeb Bush, with cash and clout, pushes contentious school reforms

Long read:

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Many of those companies also donate to Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education, which has raised $19 million in recent years to promote his agenda nationwide.

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… After an exhaustive study of state-by-state academic gains, the Harvard researchers concluded in a July report that "the connection between reforms and gains ... thus far is only anecdotal, not definitive."

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Foundation employees write legislation and edit proposed bills line by line, then send in experts to testify on their behalf, the emails show.

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Bush foundation donors include family philanthropies, such as those established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Corporate donors include Connections Education, a division of global publishing giant Pearson; Amplify, the education division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp; and K12, a publicly traded company that runs online schools.

Many of these donors sit on a Digital Learning Council that helped draft the Bush foundation's policy agenda

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