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How Billionaires Hack Their Taxes With a Philanthropic Loophole - The New York Times
by mike simpson / 21h
How Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes With a Philanthropic Loophole - The New York Times How Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes With a Philanthropic Loophole Late in 2014, Nicholas Woodman, the founder and chief executive of GoPro, announced what appeared to be an extraordinary act of generosity. Mr. Woodman, then 39, had just taken his camera company public, and was suddenly worth about $3 bill
AUG 02
School Choice is a Bamboozle a Hornswoggle a Flimflam | tultican
by mike simpson / 1d
School Choice is a Bamboozle a Hornswoggle a Flimflam | tultican School Choice is a Bamboozle a Hornswoggle a Flimflam ACSA endorsed a candidate for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction who actively works to privatize public schools. As a participant in the Destroy Public Education (DPE) movement, he supports initiatives undermining the teaching profession and good pedagogy. Esta
LeBron’s Education Promise Needs to Become This Country’s Promise | The Nation
by mike simpson / 1d
LeBron’s Education Promise Needs to Become This Country’s Promise | The Nation LeBron’s Education Promise Needs to Become This Country’s Promise A school funded by LeBron James in Akron, Ohio, is a beautiful example of what all our public education should look like. “ W e don’t deserve LeBron James.” This has been the drumbeat, steadily repeated on social media, ever since the greatest basketball
Destroying Public Education With Vouchers and Charters in Wisconsin + The Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Public Schools Has Begun – Betsy DeVos Is On the Job | Video Worth Watching
by mike simpson / 1d
Destroying Public Education With Vouchers and Charters in Wisconsin Destroying Public Education With Vouchers and Charters in Wisconsin This past school year, Wisconsin taxpayers sent $250,000,000 to religious schools. Catholics received the largest slice, but Protestants, evangelicals, and Jews got their cuts. Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) reveals that private Islamic school
DeVos Family Money Is All Over The News Right Now | 89.3 KPCC
by mike simpson / 2d
DeVos Family Money Is All Over The News Right Now | 89.3 KPCC DeVos Family Money Is All Over The News Right Now From the policy of separating immigrant families, to limiting the power of labor unions, to naming the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, this summer the DeVos family name has been all over the news. Over the years, the parents, in-laws and husband of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy
AUG 01
New report uncovers systemic failure by California charter schools to meet basic obligations of transparency and accountability - Public Advocates
by mike simpson / 2d
New report uncovers systemic failure by California charter schools to meet basic obligations of transparency and accountability - Public Advocates New Report Uncovers Systemic Failure by California Charter Schools to Meet Local Control Obligations A new report by Public Advocates Inc. uncovers a massive failure on the part of California charter schools to be transparent about how they spend milli
Privatization and Segregation of U.S. Public Education Endangers Democracy - BTL
by mike simpson / 3d
Privatization and Segregation of U.S. Public Education Endangers Democracy - BTL Privatization and Segregation of U.S. Public Education Endangers Democracy Interview with Noliwe Rooks, author and director of American studies at Cornell University, conducted by Scott Harris Randi Weingarten, who leads the 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers union declared in August that President Tr
JUL 31
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/31/18
by mike simpson / 3d
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/31/18 TODAY CHARTER SCHOOL CROOKS IN THE NEWS: Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune | WBEZ by mike simpson / 3h Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune Com
CHARTER SCHOOL CROOKS IN THE NEWS: Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune | WBEZ
by mike simpson / 3d
Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds A for-profit company that educates at-risk students won tens of millions of dollars from Chicago Public Schools with help from then-CEO Barba
CHARTER SCHOOL CROOKS IN THE NEWS: Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune
by mike simpson / 3d
Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds - Chicago Tribune Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS business, watchdog finds A for-profit company that educates at-risk students won tens of millions of dollars from Chicago Public Schools with help from then-CEO Barba
Inside A FCMAT Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team Audit of One More Unaccountable California Charter School
by mike simpson / 3d
Livermore charter schools accused of misuse of public funds Inside A FCMAT Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team Audit of One More Unaccountable California Charter School LIVERMORE — An audit released Thursday suggests Livermore’s two charter schools misappropriated public funds, including a tax-exempt bond totaling $67 million, and mainly pointed the finger at former CEO Bill Batchelor. The
What New Orleans Tells Us About the Perils of Putting Schools on the Free Market | The New Yorker
by mike simpson / 4d
What New Orleans Tells Us About the Perils of Putting Schools on the Free Market | The New Yorker What New Orleans Tells Us About the Perils of Putting Schools on the Free Market A year ago, I volunteered to serve on the board of a charter elementary school in New Orleans, where I live. Two months ago, in a cafeteria crowded with whiplashed parents, I tried to give some comfort by explaining why,
LeBron James, education reformer. Attn. Waltons. | Arkansas Blog
by mike simpson / 4d
LeBron James, education reformer. Attn. Waltons. | Arkansas Blog LeBron James, education reformer. Attn. Waltons. Give a read to the new public school basketball star LeBron James is backing to serve at-risk kids in Akron. Imagine. It's a part of the Akron School District. It is NOT a charter school. It is NOT a private school. They aren't skimming students from motivated families who might alrea
L.A. School Board in Limbo After Member's Felony Plea | Capital & Main
by mike simpson / 4d
L.A. School Board in Limbo After Member's Felony Plea | Capital & Main L.A. School Board in Limbo After Member’s Felony Plea A troubled charter-school advocate calls it quits — but not before participating in a string of key policy votes. “Learning Curves” is a weekly roundup of news items, profiles and dish about the intersection of education and inequality. Send tips, feedback and announcements
JUL 30
Randi Weingarten joins Margaret Hoover to Discuss the Supreme Court Janus Ruling | Firing Line | PBS
by mike simpson / 4d
Randi Weingarten | Firing Line | PBS Randi Weingarten joins Margaret Hoover to Discuss the Supreme Court Janus Ruling Randi Weingarten | Firing Line | PBS
Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out - The Hechinger Report
by mike simpson / 4d
Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out - The Hechinger Report Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out Dissatisfied with low pay and school funding, teachers in more red states are poised to protest. I n 2015, Jennifer Vetter decided to change careers and become a teacher. The 46-year old quit her well-paying management job at an orthodontic clinic in Gilbert, Ariz
The DeVos Democrats and Betsy DeVos’ Message to Students: You Have the Right to Be Ripped Off
by mike simpson / 5d
Betsy DeVos’ Message to Students: You Have the Right to Be Ripped Off Betsy DeVos’ Message to Students: You Have the Right to Be Ripped Off The education secretary’s new rules on student loans favor the predatory institutions that don’t provide good educations and blame the students who trusted them. When I read about what Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did last week on student loans, I thought
JUL 29
An Explanation to My Readers | Diane Ravitch's blog
by mike simpson / 6d
An Explanation to My Readers | Diane Ravitch's blog An Explanation to My Readers Dear Readers, Most of you have been faithful readers of this blog since I started it in 2012. I consider you my friends, even when we disagree. You have tolerated (and even corrected) my typos and errors because you know that everything I write here is written by me, not by a staff. I am the only staff. You know that
JUL 28
Damn Good Education Daily:A Twitter List by @coopmike48/birds on a wire on Twitter
by mike simpson / 7d
Damn Good Education Daily - Paper.li Damn Good Education Daily Damn Good Education Daily - Paper.li A Twitter List by coopmike48 @coopmike48/birds on a wire on Twitter
Randi Weingarten: Teaching demands respect from Keleher | Meter
by mike simpson / 7d
Teaching demands respect from Keleher | Meter Teaching demands respect from Keleher The Association of Teachers held a demonstration to clarify, among other things, the uncertainty lived by about 2,000 teachers who have not been relocated Teachers and teachers of the Puerto Rico Teachers Association (AMPR) gathered today in front of the facilities of the Department of Education to demand, among o
Hess/Addison: Teachers’ Unions Get More Political in Wake of Supreme Court Decision | National Review
by mike simpson / 7d
Teachers’ Unions Get More Political in Wake of Supreme Court Decision | National Review Teachers’ Unions Plan to Become ‘More Political, Not Less Political’ The recent Supreme Court decision has not led to moderation. I n a
