So that Florida DOE Cash for Charter Schools is Coming from Race to the Top Funds
The Florida DOE’s announcement that it would apply $2o million toward charter school start-ups drew significant condemnation here. Now comes word where the money is coming from. In a weekend interview with the leader of the Florida Charter School Growth Fund comes word that the money would come from Race to the Top funds. Says former KIPP “learning officer” Darryl Cobb:
Florida’s money will come from Race to the Top and then we’re also going to be bringing an additional $10 million to bear, so that every $1 of private philanthropy will be matched by $2 of public philanthropy for a total of $30 million
Cobb, who incidentally is an alum of the controversial Broad program, tells St. Petersburg Times reporter Jeffrey