Press Release 818

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PRESS RELEASE 818

HOW ANGRY KENTUCKY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS REPLACED A ‘TRUMPIAN’ GOVERNOR.

Frustrated educators said: " We always believed we could shock the world" by ousting Gov. Matt Bevin. But "it was still kind of shocking when we did it."

Australian teachers, particularly those involved in the “Fair Funding Now” campaign should take heart from the recent replacement of Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin by Democrat Andy Beshear. Kentucky was and still is a red or Republican state, so how did this happen?

The political victory was in large part the work of Kentucky’s mobilization of angry public school teachers in 2018.

What has Happened in Kentucky?

Travis Waldron and Kevin Robillard reported in the Huffington Post

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