ALEC is conservative driven. EdTech movement in SF/SV and in general startup circles are primarily composed of left-leaning "edupreneus"; or put another way, if there's validity to ALEC and the folks who are a part of it agreeing on messaging, the incumbents are essentially driving the startup EdTech rhetoric.

Would you trust BP or Exxon Mobil to carry the ball or pass the torch on a sustantainable non-fossil-fuel/carbon-based future?