solidaridad: Schools Matter: Los Angeles privatization pushers take second biggest slice of reactionary Walton pie

solidaridad: Schools Matter: Los Angeles privatization pushers take second biggest slice of reactionary Walton pie

Schools Matter: Los Angeles privatization pushers take second biggest slice of reactionary Walton pie

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

"[T]here should be no education marketplace." — Dr. Diane Ravitch (celebrated education professor and author)



In Los Angeles privatization pushers take second biggest slice of reactionary Walton pie I take the Valerie Strauss piece discussing where and how funds from the arch-reactionaries of the Walton Family Foundation were divvied out to various entities engaged in the privatization of public education, and put the spotlight on egregious local offenders.


The list includes: Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Parent Revolution (née

EchoParkPatch: Camino Nuevo Corporation: A Little Less Than Honest Again?

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

"[Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Corporation]'s board is UNELECTED by the public and composed exclusively of investment management executives, high powered lawyers, and other wealthy business types. Not one of them is an actual educator, and none of them have been teachers or principals in a K-12 setting. Furthermore, not one of them lives in Echo Park or Historic Filipinotown." — Robert D. Skeels


Camino Nuevo Corporation: A Little Less Than Honest Again? is my report back from the final meeting held by Camino Nuevo Charter Corporation at Union Avenue School reveals very serious resume padding for Shannon Leonard, CNCA's new Principal of CRES #14. Most importantly we photographed a slide featuring