This Week In Education: Thompson: Secrecy, Not Privatization, Marred Broad Grad's Oklahoma City Tenure

This Week In Education: Thompson: Secrecy, Not Privatization, Marred Broad Grad's Oklahoma City Tenure:

Thompson: Secrecy, Not Privatization, Marred Broad Grad's Oklahoma City Tenure

by john thompson

Alexander' recent Scholastic Administrator Profile of Eli Broad makes a strong case that Eli Broad does not seek to privatize public schools.  Those of us who despise Broad's policies are on firmer ground when explaining how the harm he has caused is due to his self-proclaimed "art of being unreasonable."
Russo cites the education blogger (and critic) Tom Hoffman who says the Gates Foundation is “feckless and trendy” on school reform, as compared with the “focused malice” of the Broad Foundation. I agree, but, who cares whether Broad's damage is the result of his impatience or anger?
According to Russo, Broad has been willing to make adjustments in his metrics, and two districts asked his foundation to do diagnostic audits of their systems.  I welcome any diagnostic metrics and I would also offer a suggestion.
Oklahoma City's Broadie ordered audits of seven aspects of our school system, but he kept them private.