A Guide to American Majority's Plan to Dismantle Public Schools

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Source: The Awl

... We also looked at how American Majority, a far right conservative organization founded by the Sam Adams Alliance, had become active in Wisconsin. Their goal: training candidates to take over school boards and city council seats to better use the "tools" in Governor Scott Walker's budget "repair" bill.

... We mentioned the activist training done by American Majority, including its most recent event in Madison on March 5th. American Majority even provides "A Wisconsin School Board Primer" about what a school board is, how to run for it, and suggestions on reforming your school district. These suggestions, surprise, are carbon copies of both the education reforms introduced in Scott Walker's budget bill as well as the campaigning points for candidiates such as Sauk County Tea Party president and 2011 Baraboo school board hopeful John Meegan, who, as we pointed out, has been working closely with American Majority since last year.

Billed as a simple document to learn about how school boards work, the Wisconsin document includes statements such as "Scholar Richard Briffault has pointed out that nowhere does the U.S. Constitution mention a national education system…."

... Finally, a clip from an American Majority "grassroots" training seminar featuring Director of New Media Strategy Austin James, from the film "Astroturf Wars":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tGB8Uuffi4M

Read more: http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/a-guide-to-american-majoritys-anti-public-school-activism