Schools Matter: ...and Where's Joanne's Ethics Waiver?

Schools Matter: ...and Where's Joanne's Ethics Waiver?

...and Where's Joanne's Ethics Waiver?

by Kenneth Libby

Duncan's Chief of Staff Margot Rogers (previously employed by the Gates Foundation) and OII Director Jim Shelton (also previously employed by the Gates Foundation; also previously employed by NSVF and McKinsey & Co.) both filed ethics waivers that allows them unlimited contact with their former employer (Rogers is here, Shelton's is here).

From what I can tell, former NewSchools Venture Fund COO Joanne Weiss - now leading the Race

Mosaica Education, Inc. and the Lack of Parent/Local Control

by Kenneth Libby

Here's a classic example of the kind of corporate-driven charter chain that is neither educationally innovative nor locally controlled: the Math & Science Preparatory Academy of South Fulton. The charter schools proposal - developed by the for-profit Mosaica Education, Inc. - illustrates just how much the charter movement has evolved (err, been bastardized) by entrepreneurs, profiteers, and corporate hucksters looking to turn a buck. Local control? Nah. Teachers permitted to experiment with new teaching techniques and approaches? Nope, not here. This is all about profit, baby, and expanding the privatized version of public education.

From D. Aileen Dodd at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Mosaica Education is not your typical school district. It runs a global empire like