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Monday, June 13, 2011

NYC Educator: Things Joel Klein Doesn't Notice

NYC Educator: Things Joel Klein Doesn't Notice

Things Joel Klein Doesn't Notice

I marvel that Joel Klein gets major publication to postthe nonsense he writes, but being a corporate-backed celebrity, one can place op-eds fairly easily. This week, Joel is amazed that candidates backed by billionaires are appointed with such regularity. What a shock, to see money and power working hand in hand.

Joel, of course, left his post to make millions from Rupert Murdoch, who cares so deeply about schoolchildren he's backed every move to destroy the middle class their parents hope they will enter. His company's most recent foray is the receipt of a 27 million no-bid contract to replicate ARIS, the crappy boondoggle of a computer program that Klein managed