LA SCHOOLS BOSS TO BE JOHN DEASY, OF FAKE DEGREE AND GATES (AND BROAD) FOUNDATION FAME
BY SUSAN OHANIAN FROM THE SUSANOHANIAN.ORG OUTRAGES BLOG | HTTP://BIT.LY/E5N4AK
Ohanian Comment: John Deasy first appeared on my site in 2003, back in his Santa Monica days. When Deasy moved from Santa Monica to become schools chief in Prince George's County, Stanford University education professor Michael Kirst remarked that he had a "zest for politics." The record shows that Deasy carefully notes which side of the bread is buttered. Follow the money.
As schools chief in Prince George's County, Deasy hooked up with Jon Schnur of New Leaders for New Schools, who insists that if you can lead an Army unit in Iraq, you can turn around a failing school in a large urban district.
In an ugly 2007 Associated Press story about school restructuring under NCLB, Deasy's position was quoted about Arrowhead Elementary in Prince George's County:
Superintendent Deasy acknowledges the atmosphere at Arrowhead is more intense than at schools that aren't facing restructuring. He