The Broad Report

[tonysam]

I posted this link over at the Education forum, but I feel it is too important for people to miss.

The Broad Report


Eli Broad, as you all may know, is a billionaire and one of the leading proponents in the movement to privatize public education by attempting to force business models on public school districts. One way he is doing this is by having created a "superintendent academy" to "train" urban school district superintendents as if they are MBAs.

It's a sickening trend, but it goes unabated, let alone largely unreported.

[tonysam]

1. Kick n/t

[tonysam]

2. Readers should note the sidebar on the left,

detailing the "successes" of some of the Eli Broad Academy graduates.

This is the future of public education, I am afraid.

[seabeyond]

3. man, i hope kids get out of the schools before everyone starts fuckin them up

and i know many think theya lready are. not seeing it with kids education. impressed with the academics. our district is doing a good job

[tonysam]

4. Your school district may be okay, but it is increasingly

apparently ALL school districts are going to be run like businesses and actually run more on a military model than even a business model.

When I was canned, I thought I was alone, but I am finding out this wholesale firing of teachers is going on all around the country for bottom line reasons. Meanwhile, the people at the top are raking in the bucks and the perks, all courtesy of the taxpayers.

[tonysam]

5. Kick again for Eli the Evil