Corporate ED "Reformers" Crash and Burn in Cal. [View all]
Must be all that out-of-state fuel ( Bloomberg, Broad, etc.) they're using.
State Superintendent: Teacher due-process supporter, ex teacher Torkalson beats Vergara supporter Marshall Tuck, 53-47.
Poor Bloomberg. Not only can money not buy him love; it can't even buy him *misery*. ( i.e. for the rest of the world.)
Damn peasants.
>>>Torlakson Victorious in California Superintendent Race; NPE Endorsed Educators Win in Multiple Races Nationwide
Network for Public Education was proud to endorse Tom Torlakson in the California State Superintendent race, and we’re thrilled to report that Torlakson was victorious! Torlakson not only defeated Marshall Tuck, perhaps more importantly he defeated the BIG Outside Money that flooded into an independent expenditure group to support Tuck.
In all, over 30 million dollars was spent in the campaign, more than three times the amount spent in the California governor’s race!
Tuck, a former charter school and Wall Street executive, collected not only millions from supporters like Eli Broad, Michael Bloomberg, and a host of other corporate ed donors, he also won the endorsement of every major paper in the state.
The one thing Tuck was unable to garner was the majority of the votes in the race. Ultimately Torlakson, a former teacher, won 53% to 47%.
“We knew it wouldn’t be easy,” Torlakson said in a statement. “They were strong, but we were stronger. They were tough, but we were tougher. After all, we’re teachers – we did our homework.”
This year’s Vergara case was a central issue in the debate between the candidates, with Torlakson against the decision that declared the state’s teacher tenure law unconstitutional, and Tuck fully in support of the court ruling. In fact, the tens of millions of dollars that flowed into the race was likely an attempt by BIG Outside Money to se>>>>
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