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Commonweal Institute                         Responding to the Attack on Public Education and Teacher Unions

 

                       

Table of Contents

Introduction                                                                                                                                                                   3

Section 1 – The Goals of Those Attacking Public Education                                                                     - 12 -

Section 2 – The Right’s Overall Strategic Approach                                                                                    - 21 -

Section 3 –Specific Strategies of the Right                                                                                                      - 36 -

Section 4 –Effectiveness of the Right-Wing Movement                                                                               - 41 -

Section 5 – Responding to the Attack                                                                                                                - 63 -

Section 6 – Conclusion                                                                                                                                          - 64 -

Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography re. School Privatization                                                                 - 66 -

Appendix 2: Examples of Anti-School and Anti-Teacher Unions Rhetoric                                            - 76 -

Appendix 3 –Coordinated Repetition of a Framed Message through Multiple Channels                   - 80 -

Appendix 4 – Examples of Right-Wing Organizations, Funding Sources, & What they Fund       - 107 -

Notes and References                                                                                                                                          - 122 -