Broad names former Louisiana ed chief to lead LA charter plan
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation said todayPaul Pastorek, a former superintendent of public education in Louisiana who joined the foundation in an executive role earlier this year, has been appointed to lead the group’s efforts to expand charter schools in Los Angeles Unified.
Pastorek, a former general counsel to NASA, joined the Broad foundation as co-executive director of the education team, to serve along with Gregory McGinity, a former education policy consultant with the California Board of Education. Now, Pastorek is taking on a leadership role with the plans for Los Angeles.
“We have asked Paul to lead our foundation’s involvement in this particular initiative for the next several months, working closely with other funders and community organizations, until we ensure any plan reflects community and family needs for quality public schools,” the Broads said in a letter to “Friends” that was distributed today.
Few issues have roiled the LA Unified community more than the foundation’s plan to expand the number of charter schools in the district. An early report by the foundation said the goal is to serve as many as half the students in the district in 230 newly-created charter schools within the next eight years, an effort that would cost nearly half a billion dollars.
It’s also a plan that district officials have said would eviscerate public education as it is now delivered by LA Unified. The LA teachers union, UTLA, has also attacked the Broad names former Louisiana ed chief to lead LA charter plan - LA School Report:
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