Group’s Influence on Education is Examined
State education influenced by corporations
BY ANDREA EGER & KIM ARCHER World Staff Writers
Sunday, February 10, 2013
2/10/2013 8:14:48 AM
A new report sheds light on the influence of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s education foundation and its corporate backers on Oklahoma’s education leaders and latest policies.
Through public records requests, a Washington, D.C.,-based advocacy group released a report called “In the Public Interest” that shows the Foundation for Excellence in Education is writing and editing education laws and regulations in six states in ways that could benefit its private funders.
The group contends the arrangement is essentially a “pay-to-play” scheme in which corporations can influence policy and then reap the profits.