Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (Dec. 4) about what the National Education Association is buying with its campaign contributions, which total $56.3 million and exceed the campaign contributions made by any other organization in America.

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For more on this topic, please read “Race to the Top Versus the Money Chase,” by Paul Peterson on the Ed Next blog.

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