Funding “Education Reform”: The Big Three Foundations
Three major foundations are literally pouring billions of dollars into the education reform and privatization effort.
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Bezos Is No Friend of Public Education
Watch out! He could push the Washington Post into chartered waters. Last fall, Bill Gates collected $10 million from his friends to push through approval of a referendum to permit privately managed charter schools in Washington State, which voters had turned down three times previously.
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Tall tale signs
Thanks to the generosity of billionaires with names like Gates and Walton, not to mention a growing roster of hedge fund managers, the US is now home to an astonishing number of so-called education reform groups. But beneath the grandiose claims of standing for excellence and putting children and students first—not to mention the ubiquitous images of high achieving minority youngsters—lies a surprisingly lucrative agenda. Scratch the surface and you’ll find a whole lot of green behind the education reform movement—and it’s not grassroots.
