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Old 08-01-2014, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BeamOn View Post
This from a 2010 issue of the Economist.

"The California Teachers Association (CTA) is the biggest lobby in the state, having spent some $210m in the past decade—more than any other group— to intervene in California's politics."

http://www.economist.com/node/15819208

Of course, the CA public schools rank in the bottom 10 of the 50 states but so is the funding.
I blame Pete Wilson, Deukmajian and their ilk for the shitty state of our schools. First thing to be cut is school funding and services. That ol' cheapskate Jerry Brown is working on turning it around.
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