Jersey Jazzman: Eli Broad Buys New Jersey's Schools

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Eli Broad Buys New Jersey's Schools

by Duke

Tomorrow, Eli Broad will buy New Jersey's schools... and at a bargain price!

The State Board of Education tomorrow will have two unusual resolutions before it to accept more than $600,000 in outside funds from two foundations:

• $200,000 from StartUp:Education, the national foundation created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
• $430,000 from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the California-based organization that has helped train and support three of the administration’s top education officials, including acting Commissioner Chris Cerf.

If approved as expected, the money will go to several distinct projects, officials said 

Fumigating the Broad Infestation

by Duke

The Education Law Center sees the Broadies crawling like bedbugs all over the NJDOE, and wants to get out the can of Raid. Here's a letter they sent yesterday, in its entirety:

June 5, 2012  

The Honorable Arcelio Aponte, President 

New Jersey State Board of Education 

River View Executive Plaza 

Building 100, P.O. Box 500 

Trenton, NJ 08625-0500  

Re: Resolutions Approving Receipt of Funds from Broad and Start Up: Education Foundations  

Dear Mr. Aponte and fellow members of the State Board:  

I write to request that the State Board of Education defer consideration of Resolutions approving the Department of Education's receipt of "donated funds" of $430,000 from the Broad Foundation and $200,000 from the Start Up: Education Foundation. These resolutions are set forth as attachments to the State Board June 6 meeting agenda.  

In presenting these resolutions to the State Board and the public, the