On the NC Chamber of Commerce website, there is an announcement about the 2014 Conference on Education being held this August. The big sponsor? Biogen Idec. The same Biogen Idec who was one of the companies who sponsored the Greater Raleigh Chamber's Common Core propaganda forum last week.
The same Biogen Idec who is part of the NC Chamber's "Hire Standards" campaign which seeks push Common Core at any cost and to mute parent opposition voices with their money and influence.
Biogen Idec is also tied to the NC Public Schools Forum. The same NC Public Schools Forum of which Board member Gene Arnold sit on.
Reminder:
According to Gene Arnold, "Big Biz" is blackmailing legislators over HB1061.
Biogen Idec also dropped $250k into Massachusetts and Durham, NC area schools to boost STEM learning. Punchline: Common Core utterly fails STEM students. In fact, the math portion of Common Core sets kids back 2 years.
Biogen Idec also dropped $25k to the Common Core pushing NC New Schools. NC News Schools, Inc. has received millions from the Gates Foundation to push Common Core.
If this was happening in any area other than education, the Left leaning media would be screaming about big business money corrupting the system. Their silence now is deafening.
By the way, the Greater Raleigh Chamber event was $30 bucks to attend and in the middle of the morning smack in the middle of a school week. That meant parents couldn't get to it. This event by the NC Chamber? Well, if you're a non-member then you need to have $175 bucks lying around in order to attend.
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