Rich People: Why Do They ALL Have to Come After Public Ed?
To start, consider this from Inside Philanthropy (one of my new favorite places to stop by and read awhile:)
Now, with the rise of Big Philanthropy, we’re seeing the logical next act in this age of inequality—the conversion of all those big piles of money into influence that extends into every last corner of U.S. society, not to mention into remote villages in Africa and Asia. Today’s economic inequality may be nothing compared to tomorrow’s civic inequality as more activist mega-donors emerge with big money and big ambitions—at a time, I should add, when government will be spiralling down into fiscal paralysis due to soaring entitlement costs as the boomers retire. If the 20th century was the era of Big Government, the 21st Century is shaping up as the age of Big Philanthropy. This power shift is one of the most important stories of our time.Which is the lead-in to this: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife, Pricillia, had a baby girl, Max, last week. Mazel to them and she's beautiful.
He and his wife then decided that they would give 99% of their fortune away. It was oddly done thru a letter to their daughter - quite lengthy and full of big words she won't be reading for quite awhile. Oh wait, silly me - that letter was Seattle Schools Community Forum: Rich People: Why Do They ALL Have to Come After Public Ed?: