Gates Foundation and carrion fly into Hartford as part of public education privatization effort - Wait, What?

Gates Foundation and carrion fly into Hartford as part of public education privatization effort - Wait, What?:

Gates Foundation and carrion fly into Hartford as part of public education privatization effort

by jonpelto

The Hartford Business Journal headline read, “$5M for Hartford schools,” while the Hartford Courant claimed, “Hartford Schools To Receive $5 Million From Gates Foundation.”

A reasonable person might actually think that Hartford’s schools were getting $5 million.

But actually, only about $1.5 million in going to the Hartford Public Schools System!

Most of the rest is going to the Jumoke Academy and Achievement First, Inc.

The purpose of the funds is the expand Jumoke and Achievement First and train Hartford’s administrators and teachers to follow the Jumoke and Achievement First models.

Yet Jumoke Academy, the charter school that recently took over Hartford’s Milner