Mother Crusader: Could The Next Generation Of Philanthropy Actually SAVE Public Education?

Mother Crusader: Could The Next Generation Of Philanthropy Actually SAVE Public Education?:

Could The Next Generation Of Philanthropy Actually SAVE Public Education?

I've been having a very telling back and forth with some Anonymous Charter Cheerleaders on my blog the last couple of weeks, mostly in reference to a post I wrote back in January about Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, which is bankrolled by demi-billionaire hedge fund guru Michael Steinhardt. 

And then yesterday a dear friend sent me this link. 

A group of young heirs in the Philadelphia chapter of Resource Generation has released a statement that decries any reliance on philanthropy for the funding of public schools; instead, they say, rich people should pay more in taxes.

Well, that sure got my attention.

Here's the original letter in its entirety.

With our severely underfunded public schools now open, it is important to examine the causes of this crisis.

We are a group of people in our 20s and 30s with inherited wealth and class privilege who believe that philanthropy has played a role in contributing to the crisis. Current forms of