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Friday, January 20, 2012

Schools Matter: Tapping Out: The Underwhelming TAP Achievement of the Milken-McIntyre Schools

Schools Matter: Tapping Out: The Underwhelming TAP Achievement of the Milken-McIntyre Schools:

Tapping Out: The Underwhelming TAP Achievement of the Milken-McIntyre Schools

A significant piece of the Broad corporate education plan in Knoxville, Tennessee involves turning over control of curriculum, professional development, and instruction in Knoxville's poorest schools to the phony-baloney corporate ed scam run by the corrupt Milken Brothers. Four schools have been TAP schools since 2006, and another 13 schools are in transition to TAP with the help of $26,500,000 in federal tax dollars going to the former swindlers of Wall Street who are now big time players in the corporate welfare education business.

Broad's toadie in Knoxville, Supt. Jim McIntyre (my bolds):
“This significant investment will enable us to move more rapidly toward implementing our vision for