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Tennessee: Gov. Lee Packs State Charter Commission with Charter Zealots | Diane Ravitch's blog

Tennessee: Gov. Lee Packs State Charter Commission with Charter Zealots | Diane Ravitch's blog

Tennessee: Gov. Lee Packs State Charter Commission with Charter Zealots




Governor Bill Lee Hayes public schools, even though most children in Tennessee attend them.
He packed the new State Charter School Commission with people who love to hand public money to private corporations to operate schools that choose their students and operate without accountability.
Tennessee is opening the state treasury to out-of-state corporations, entrepreneurs, and grifters. Come get taxpayer dollars to open schools and drain money from the public schools!
Here are the members chosen by the Governor.
The commission consists of CEOs, politicians, charter school board members. 
  • Tom Griscom, of Hamilton County, a former director of White House communications under President Ronald Reagan, long-time aide to the late U.S. Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, and former executive editor and publisher of the Times Free Press in Chattanooga
  • David Hanson, of Davidson County, is managing partner of Hillgreen, a private investment firm, and serves on the board for CONTINUE READING: Tennessee: Gov. Lee Packs State Charter Commission with Charter Zealots | Diane Ravitch's blog