How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the Left
| Lois Weiner | December 20, 2011 |
A powerful new video, "The truth behind Stand for Children," tells a cautionary tale for the Left. Even if you already understand how charter schools have become a vehicle for destruction of public education, take five minutes to watch this concise analysis of how "Stand for Children," which began as a grassroots organization of parents fighting for increased school funding and reform, was taken over by the most powerful educational lobby in the world, the Billionaire Boys Club. The most chilling aspect of the video was, for me, the clip in which powerbrokers brag that they've outsmarted the Chicago Teachers Union.
In the article I've written for the upcoming issue of New Politics, I discuss this defeat and what we should