Assignment task:
Underwood, J., & Mead, J. F. (2012). A smart ALEC threatens public education. Phi Delta Kappan, 93(6), 51-55.
1. When new public education legislation is introduced, what are some of the questions that supporters of public education might want to ask?
2. As defined in this article does ALEC's influence build or undermine democracy?
3. What happens to our democracy when we return to an educational system where access is defined by corporate interest and divided by class, language, ability, race, and religion? In a push for free-market education, who pays in the end?