Schooling in the Ownership Society: Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.:

Anger builds over $1M buyout of Ackerman in Philly.

by Mike Klonsky

Philadelphians of every hue and persuasion have found something to be angry about in the buyout deal for former Superintendent of Schools Arlene Ackerman. For some, it's the roughly $1 million cost of the buyout... For the non-partisan, non-profit watchdog group, the Committee of Seventy, the issue has been the unusual and probably unprecedented dependence on anonymous private donors to help cover the cost of Dr. Ackerman's parachute. --Education Nation

The $400,000 or so in private