Schools Matter: Gray Continues in Fenty's Corrupt Tradition by Hiring Charter Loan Company to Research School Closures

Schools Matter: Gray Continues in Fenty's Corrupt Tradition by Hiring Charter Loan Company to Research School Closures:

Gray Continues in Fenty's Corrupt Tradition by Hiring Charter Loan Company to Research School Closures

by Jim Horn

Last summer DC's Mayor Gray selected a real estate consulting and loan outfit from Illinois to "study" the public schools of DC to determine which will live and which will die. Yep, the pick to do the "research" was the non-profit Illinois Facilities Fund that funnels tax credited corporate cash to favorite charity ventures by the plutocrats.

For instance, the Walton kids have shoveled IFF $8.625 million to privatize education through voucher efforts and charter schools. In fact, the Waltons pitched in $100,000 to fund the "study" of which DC schools to close. We