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Rupert Murdoch, Who Bought 90% Of An Education Software Provider, Launches Initiative ‘To Make Education A Top Issue In 2012 Presidential Campaign’

At the end of 2010, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp paid almost $400m in cash to purchase 90% of Wireless Generation, a company that bills itself as “the leading provider of innovative education software, data systems, and assessment tools for reading, writing and math,”

 On Tuesday, News Corp announced “The Future of American Education: A Presidential Primary Forum.”

The joint effort with the College Board will pit “all Republican primary candidates who meet a threshold level of support in national polls” against each other.

[…] “Whoever is elected President in 2012 will need to take dramatic steps to improve the way we prepare our students for college and ensure our nation’s ability to better compete in the global economy. This forum will provide a great opportunity for candidates for the Republican nomination to articulate their plans to achieve these goals,” Murdoch, who has been vocal about his support of education reform in recent weeks, said in a statement. [read more; photo via]

The day Rupert Murdoch genuinely gives a damn about education reform is the day I find value in Rick Scott’s governorship.

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    Rupert Murdoch cares about education reform, that reforms it into his own twisted view. Goodbye America.

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    He essentially wants to bring back slavery, with indoctrinated drones for workers. This is pretty scary. This fascist...

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    If Rupert Murdoch gave a damn about education, Fox News wouldn’t exist.

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    He Should Put Up or STFU.

37. zeitvox said: What? As if Glenn Beck wasn’t already doing enough educatin’.
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