All articles by Billee Bussard

SOS rings out across the USA... Floridians Join The Grass-Roots March Against A Corporate Takeover Of America’s Schoolchildren Continues

Like the characters in the film “Close Encounters of A Third Kind” who felt an unexplained calling to a distant destination of historic significance, I was one of perhaps 60 or more Floridians who felt . . .

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LETTER: Testing companies donated big bucks to Florida senator who pushed major testing legislation until Governor's veto

Below is the story, how the president of the Florida Senate got money from testing companies (directly or indirectly) for his lobbying firm was the last straw for me. It made me crazy enough to . . .

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Letter: Obama, NCLB, education ‘reform’

April 30, 2008

Substance:

With more focus now on the education policies of the two remaining Democratic Party candidates for President, I’d like to share an experience I had with Barack Obama over . . .

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Letter: Death of leader of opposition to year-round schools



October 22, 2007

Dear folks:

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I inform you of the passing of Debbie Smith of Orlando, Florida, who perhaps more than anyone . . .

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