UNO charter hustlers have Wall Streeters' undies in a twist
The scandal involving the UNO charter school hustlers has Wall Street investors worrying. Today's Sun-Times reports:
Now under investigation by two state agencies, the United Neighborhood Organization is also facing tough questions on Wall Street from investors who lent tens of millions of dollars to help
Bill Gate$ buys into Common Core
Valerie Strauss writes in the Washington Post:
For an initiative billed as being publicly driven, the Common Core States Initiative has benefited enormously from the generosity of the private philanthropy of Bill and Melinda Gates. How much? About $150 million worth. Take a look at this list of grants, obtained from their foundation’s Web site. Note not only the amounts but the wide range of organizations receiving money. Universities. Unions. State education departments. Nonprofits. Think tanks.AFT got $4.4 million. NEA, only a million.