Friday, September 23, 2011

Fox in the Schoolhouse: Rupert Murdoch Wants to Teach Your Kids! | Mother Jones

Fox in the Schoolhouse: Rupert Murdoch Wants to Teach Your Kids! | Mother Jones:

Fox in the Schoolhouse: Rupert Murdoch Wants to Teach Your Kids!

Rupert Murdoch

News Corp.'s major move into the education business.

Fri Sep. 23, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch's reputation precedes him—but one thing he's not well known for is his education reform advocacy. But that could soon change. Next month, Murdoch will make an unusual public appearance in San Francisco, delivering the keynote address at an education summit hosted by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has lately been crisscrossing the country promoting his own version of education reform.

The high-profile speech to a collection of conservative ed reformers, state legislators, and educators is just the latest step in Murdoch's quiet march into the business of education, which has been somewhat eclipsed by the phone-hacking scandal besieging his media empire. (On Tuesday, word of Murdoch's appearance at Bush's conference came just hours after