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Walton Foundation and UNCF Collaborate to Lure Young African Americans into Disruption Movement | Diane Ravitch's blog

Walton Foundation and UNCF Collaborate to Lure Young African Americans into Disruption Movement | Diane Ravitch's blog

Walton Foundation and UNCF Collaborate to Lure Young African Americans into Disruption Movement

A friend share this link about a program in which the United Negro College Fund is funded by the far-right Walton Family Foundation to give summer internships to young African Americans to work in organizations that undermine public education, unions, and the teaching profession. The purpose of the program is to build a “robust pipeline of African Americans engaged in education reform in America.”
All of the summer interns will serve with trusted arms of the ultra-conservative movement.
Summer Internship – One of the principal elements of the paid summer internship program that exposes fellows to professional careers at leading K-12 education organizations and schools focused on education reform. Specifically, fellows are deployed as interns to organizations and schools located in such cities as Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chicago, Indianapolis, Memphis and Nashville. Examples of internship host organizations include Teach for America, New Schools Venture Fund, Paul Public Charter School, BUILD, Black Alliance for Educational Options, Thomas B. Fordham Research Institute and CONTINUE READING: Walton Foundation and UNCF Collaborate to Lure Young African Americans into Disruption Movement | Diane Ravitch's blog