Glen Ford: The Black “Mis-Leadership” Class
About Cory Booker:
From Seattle Education:
Cory Booker and the $100M gift to Newark Public Schools
This goes into the OMG category because that is what I kept saying to myself as I read this article.
From FireDogLake:
By: DSWright, posted on Wednesday December 26, 2012
Cory Booker (left) and Mark Zuckerberg
It started on Oprah.
Facebook founder and Winklevii nemesis Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million donation to Newark schools to blunt PR damage from the release of The Social Network to help school children. The money would not be going into the struggling city’s budget but would be privately controlled with Newark Mayor Cory Booker providing guidance.
Yes, money used to transform Newark public schools would be administered privately and, until recently, in secret from the people of Newark.
Privatizing schools in Newark was already a tough task this year after the crown jewel of charter schools in the city was caught up in a cheating scandal. Apparently telling teachers they get paid more/remain employed if their students do better on tests leads to gaming the test system – who knew monetary incentives lead to the pursuit of self-interest? The strategy was clear, use the private money to launch attacks on public Glen Ford: The Black “Mis-Leadership” Class | Seattle Education:
Charter schools: “There’s gold in them thar schools!” | Seattle Education http://bit.ly/1LJI3kk