Who's behind Washington state charter initiative? Who do you think?
Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton gave $1.7M. (Mug Shot) |
Valerie Strauss at the Answer Sheet posts:
To get an understanding of how America’s wealthiest people are using some of their fortunes to drive school reform, take a look at a list of the contributors to the pro-charter school initiative on the Washington state ballot in November. The first few pages — the ones with the biggest donations — is a who’s who of billionaires.
This all helps illustrate what education historian Diane Ravitch referred to as “the billionaire boy’s club” (which