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I came across this article on school reform in TN via LeftWingCracker on Twitter. Here's what's going on in TN: StudentsFirst political contributions to candidates for the Tennessee state Legislature and local school boards totaled $470,000 at last report -- with a final report on November and December spending due to be filed with the state Registry of Election Finance later this month. That surpassed the total of the state's teachers union, Tennessee Education Association, which had political contributions totaling about $327,000 during the same period. Most of the StudentsFirst money distributed in Tennessee went to Republicans. StudentsFirst gave $40,000 to the House and Senate Republican caucuses, for example, versus $10,000 to their Democratic equivalents. What's the legislative goal of the StudentsFirst group and why do they tend to give to Republicans?: The top priority for StudentsFirst in the 2013 session, Rhee said, is a "statewide authorizer...