Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Education Experience Not Required

Jersey Jazzman: Education Experience Not Required:

Education Experience Not Required


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The Broad infestation of our nation's schools is accelerating. Ken Libby and Stan Karp give us the latest news about billionaire Eli Broad's plans to buy up our nation's education policy:
The Broad Foundation wants to step on the gas.
 The California-based foundation, built on the housing and insurance empire of billionaire Eli Broad, has made “transforming K-12 urban public education” a major priority. Its training and placement of top administrators in urban districts across the country and support for charter schools, school turnaroundsmerit pay and other market-based reforms have put it at the center of a polarized national debate about education policy.

A recent memo [see in post below this one] from The Broad Center (TBC) proposes a