Twitter Book Club: @DianeRavitch (2010) The Death and Life of the Great American School System - Ch 10

The Billionaire Boys' Club

"Gates, Walton, and Broad came to be called venture philanthropies, organizations that made targeted (cont) http://tl.gd/7e7124less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"They funded new, entrepreneurial organizations that shared their goals, and they created new organizations t (cont) http://tl.gd/7e721mless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"over time they converged in support of reform strategies that mirrored their own experience in acquiring (cont) http://tl.gd/7e73jbless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"the offer of a multimillion-dollar grant by a foundation is enough to cause most superintendents and (cont) http://tl.gd/7e74odless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"If voters don't like the foundations reform agenda, they can't vote them put of office. The foundations (cont) http://tl.gd/7e76r1less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"But why not insist that future charters fulfill their original mission, the one Albert Shanker envisioned (cont) http://tl.gd/7e8aouless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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Yes! Why not insist this? I see no reason why charter schools can't be something that helps education. Problem is, I doubt that traditional schools are willing to learn lessons from them.

"American education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas." Diane Ravitchless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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