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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 04:39 AM Mar 2013

Randi on Board of (Gates-funded) inBloom: AFT dues-paying members, how much will you stand for?

inBloom Inc. is a nonprofit organization established to carry forward the mission of the Shared Learning Collaborative, which is to work to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student. inBloom provides technology services that allow states and public school districts to better integrate student data and learning applications to support sustainable, cost-effective personalized learning. inBloom is funded with initial philanthropic support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. For more information about inBloom, visit www.inBloom.org.

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2013/03/randi-on-board-of-inbloom-aft-dues.html

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2013/03/thurs-11am-press-conf-on-inbloom-threat.html


inBloom is the partner with Murdoch in constructing a national student info data base, mining it and selling it.

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Randi on Board of (Gates-funded) inBloom: AFT dues-paying members, how much will you stand for? (Original Post) HiPointDem Mar 2013 OP
Randi Weingarten is a mole duffyduff Mar 2013 #1
How does she hang on? Some people must like her. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 #2
I really don't get it because her conflict of interest is SO obvious. duffyduff Mar 2013 #3
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
2. How does she hang on? Some people must like her.
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:47 PM
Mar 2013

I don't. I don't know anyone teaching who does.

Except for people who don't get the "union" thing at all.

Or just know that it "pays for my kid's braces."

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
3. I really don't get it because her conflict of interest is SO obvious.
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
Mar 2013

She is there to undermine AFT, period.

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