Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Splitsville | EduShyster

Splitsville | EduShyster:

Splitsville

Is the education reform movement coming apart at the seams?
It’s a bird, it’s a plane—no, it’s the corporate education reform movement, a many-headed hydra racing down our nation’s educational tracks with such velocity that mixed metaphors are required even to describe it. But hark: beneath that bedazzled and bedazzling exterior lurks a messy interior—one that’s getting messier by the day. Let’s take a peek, shall we?
Whitney vs. Jeanne
Reader: as an avid consumer of Bravo’s Housewife franchise (New York, Miami, Orange County, Beverly Hills) I love a good shriek fest. And this throw down between hedge-funder and uber reformer Whitney Tilson vs. Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform has me on the edge of my seat. If you’re just tuning in, here’s what you’ve missed so far. Whitney is officially hating on K12 and recently released this 125 page *tell all* telling all about the company’s dirty dog ways. To which Jeanne responded *¡oh no you di’int!* charging Mr. T with a serious conflict of interest for shorting K12 stock. Then Mr. T