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DeVos and Alliance for School Choice: Where the Ultimate “Choice” Means...
For the past few years, I have been receiving mailers from Washington, DC-based, Alliance for School Choice (AFSC). Alliance for School Choice is a nonprofit that promotes a particular kind of choice:...
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Florida Voucher Nonprofit, Step Up for Students: A Tale of 15 Tax Forms
Step Up for Students (Step Up) is the Florida nonprofit founded by venture capitalist John Kirtley (see his bio here). Until 2011, Step Up was known as the Florida School Choice Fund (FSCF), which...
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The Pahara Institute Proliferation of Corporate Ed Reformers
Pahara Institute is a nonprofit, market-based-education-reform mill designed to proliferate corporate reformers. It was formed in 2012 and is located in Walnut, California. The corporate reform message...
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Will Fordham Institute Tenure Die?
On April 19, 2017, former president and board member emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham (TBF) Institute, Chester Finn, published a piece entitled, “Will Teacher Tenure Die?” Below is an excerpt: Tenure...
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Walton Family Foundation Is Looking for a “Director of People”
The Walton Family Foundation (WFF) has created a new HR (human resources) position: Director of People. This person is supposed to be trained in HR and have experience in HR “some experience in...
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Charter Isomorphism, or the Charter Sector Trying to Un-sector Itself
On June 12, 2017, the Center for Education Reform (CER) announced that it published a “new book” (which I would call a report) entitled, “Charting A New Course: The Case for Freedom, Flexibility, and...
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Houston: Beware of a Post-Harvey Charter Conversion of Your Schools
Today is the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Harvey is wreaking havoc on Houston, Texas. My heart is with Houston. Twelve years ago today, my sister called me in a panic. She had...
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Jeanne Allen’s Beef with Backpack Full of Cash
Center for Education Reform (CER) founder Jeanne Allen and I appear in the same film: Backpack Full of Cash, produced by Stone Lantern Films, a Washington, DC, nonprofit specializing in documentary...
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In 2015, The 74 Media Was Overwhelmingly Funded by Litigious, Union-Busting,...
In June 2015, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) announced the creation of “a non-profit, education-focused news site called The Seventy Four, which [former CNN host Campbell Brown] says refers to the 74...
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Peter Cunningham’s Education Post Chaperoned by Broad Foundation
On September 01, 2014, Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post officially introduced Peter Cunningham’s Education Post to the world. Below is an excerpt from Layton’s article: Into the fray steps...
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