Schooling in the Ownership Society: Merrow says Klein was the architect of current corporate reform

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Merrow says Klein was the architect of current corporate reform

Merrow says Klein was the architect of current corporate reform

by Mike Klonsky

In Sunday's Daily News, John Merrow claims that, "Love or loathe him, Joel Klein is the person most responsible for shaping U.S. schools today." Improbable as it may sound, Merrow is probably right. Corporate lawyer Klein, now hustling school district contracts for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., was a totally unqualified, yet major player in the disaster they now call public school reform. The fawning Merrow even credits Klein with nurturing Michelle Rhee.

His critics — and there are many — discount the academic achievements