New Common Core campaign: yet another anonymously funded effort by Bloomberg & his billionaire cronies
Today, Walcott announced there will be a "Common Core" public campaign to justify the new more difficult and developmentally inappropriate standards and the much harder tests. This campaign will include ads placed on subways, buses, and the Staten Island ferry, costing $240,000, paid for by an anonymous donor. All Walcott would apparently say was that it's not being funded by Bloomberg. Here is the tweet and photo from Yasmeen Khan of
Schoolbook:
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| Credit: Yasmeen Khan, Schoolbook |
Common Core public awareness campaign costs $240,000;
funded with private money.Walcott said donor anonymous, but it's NOT Bloomberg
— Yasmeen Khan (@yasmeenkhan) April 15, 2013
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| Image: Pissed Off Teacher |
Why the secrecy? Is the Common Core now so controversial that even its billionaire supporters won’t announce their names. I would hazard a guess that the funders are either Gates, Broad, Murdoch, Merryl Tisch or David Coleman himself.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised; the DOE and Bloomberg are very eager to go to anonymous billionaires to finance their PR and nakedly political campaigns.
This one most recalls the infamous “Keep it Going” subway and bus ads in 2007- 2008, when Bloomberg was pushing to renew mayoral control and was preparing to run for a third term. These so-called non-political ads were sponsored by the Fund for Public Schools, and cost at least $270,000; later revealed to be paid by Broad.
This one most recalls the infamous “Keep it Going” subway and bus ads in 2007- 2008, when Bloomberg was pushing to renew mayoral control and was preparing to run for a third term. These so-called non-political ads were sponsored by the Fund for Public Schools, and cost at least $270,000; later revealed to be paid by Broad.
I speculated in 2008 that Gates/Broad were also