Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
FIRE is a major proponent of the intellectual diversity movement which aims to dismantle the so-called liberal bias in higher academia.
Ties to the Bradley Foundation
Ties to the Koch brothers https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Individual_Rights_in_Education



Koch brothers turn their sights on destroying public education for private profit
Itâll be a state-by-state battle with unlimited billionaire money up against teachers and grassroots education supporters; https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/30/1737199/-Koch-brothers-turn-their-sights-on-destroying-public-education-for-private-profit

while Education Secretary Betsy DeVos does everything she can to tilt federal education policy toward privatization.
How Betsy DeVos Does the Koch Brothersâ Bidding
Selling the Education âReformâ Lie https://ourfuture.org/20181128/devos-does-koch-brothers-bidding/amp

Apprentice: Corrupt Cabinet Edition; Vol. 2
Apprentice: Corrupt Cabinet Edition Cheat Sheet
Contestant #2 Betsy DeVos; Secretary of Education https://medium.com/@alexschiller/apprentice-corrupt-cabinet-edition-vol-2-b2a2ce83430a?source=user_profile---------47------------------
Apprentice: Corrupt Cabinet Edition Cheat Sheet
Contestant #2 Betsy DeVos; Secretary of Education https://medium.com/@alexschiller/apprentice-corrupt-cabinet-edition-vol-2-b2a2ce83430a?source=user_profile---------47------------------
How the Right-Wing Koch and DeVos Families Are Funding Hate Speech on College Campuses Across the US
The Middlebury student chapter of a far-right libertarian think tank, the American Enterprise Ins asked Charles Murray to speak and AEI picked up the tab. https://truthout.org/articles/how-the-right-wing-koch-and-devos-families-are-funding-hate-speech-on-college-campuses-across-the-u-s/

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is an influential right-wing think tank that advocates for lower taxes, fewer protections for consumers and the environment, and cuts to the social safety net. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Enterprise_Institute
Leaked docs reveal Koch/Walton/DeVos's anti-teacher talking points
The "State Policy Network" is a coalition who've been given $80M
discredit striking teachers by holding out "low income families" and "good teachers" as the victims of the strike. https://boingboing.net/2018/04/13/literal-talking-points-memo.html


CHARLESKOCH UNIVERSITY FUNDING Database http://polluterwatch.org/charles-koch-university-funding-database The Latest from UnKoch My Campus http://www.unkochmycampus.org/
American Far-Right Political Group With Connections to Trump Launches at Simon Fraser University
right-wing US activist group with connections to Donald Trump is expanding onto Canadian campuses. https://north99.org/2018/04/05/american-far-right-political-group-connections-trump-launches-simon-fraser-university/

Is the Koch Brothersâ Curriculum Coming to Your Childâs School? https://truthout.org/articles/is-the-koch-brothers-curriculum-coming-to-your-child-s-school/
How Public Schools Became The Koch Brothersâ âLowest Hanging Fruitâ
A âmajor focusâ for those pledging these staggering sums, according to Linskey: referendums and new state laws âto remake the nationâs education system.â https://educationopportunitynetwork.org/how-public-schools-became-the-koch-brothers-lowest-hanging-fruit/

Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothersâ plan to starve public education https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/arizona-fight-koch-brothers-school-vouchers
What the Koch Brothers Want Students to Learn About Slavery
The history-teaching wing of the Koch brothers empire is seeking to promote an alternate narrative to slavery https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/09/what-koch-brothers-want-students-learn-about-slavery?amp

Koch funnels millions into Brown, riling the left (02-24-18)
"The Koch network is essentially buying the legitimacy of Brown University for their own private gain and recruiting the next generation of free-market activists," https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180224/koch-funnels-millions-into-brown-riling-left?template=ampart

How the Koch Brothers Backed Public-School Segregation https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/koch-brothers-school-segregation-americans-prosperity/
The Conservative Dark-Money Groups Infiltrating Campus Politics
/inc. HATE GROUPS
Alliance Defending Freedom
David Horowitz Freedom Center
03/29/17 https://www.mediamatters.org/james-okeefe/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics
/inc. HATE GROUPS
Alliance Defending Freedom
David Horowitz Freedom Center
03/29/17 https://www.mediamatters.org/james-okeefe/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics