Colorado: James Walton Fund Is Looking for an Education Director
Apparently the older Waltons are positioning James to operate his own “fund” in Colorado, temporarily named the James Walton Fund, with the purpose of proliferating the Walton vision of what Montessori schools should be. (Given the Walton penchant for expanding charter schools under the umbrella of test-centric education– and for the Walton affinity for drive-thru “education” organizations like Teach for America and Relay Graduate School of Education– it stands to reason that the Walton goal for Colorado’s Montessori is to process and expand it while melding it with test-score-driven reform.)
As such, the Walton Family Foundation is advertising for an education director to run the James Walton Fund. The following is the complete job advertisement as posted in the September 28, 2016, Chronicle of Philanthropy (note that the same ad appears in Joining Vision and Action and ColoradoNonprofits.org):
Education Director, James Walton Fund (Name TBD) of the Walton Family FoundationThe Walton Family FoundationPosted: September 28, 2016Location: Colorado, United StatesPosition: AdministrativeField: Advocacy, Education, Other fields, ResearchSalary: Not specifiedApplication Deadline: Open until filledCategory: Other administrativeEmployment Level: Full-timeAbout the Walton Family Foundation and James WaltonSam and Helen Walton had an unshakeable belief in the power of people to transform their lives. As Sam said, there is no limit to what individuals can accomplish if “given the opportunity, the encouragement and the incentive toColorado: James Walton Fund Is Looking for an Education Director | deutsch29: