Lisa MacFarland with WA DFER wins the Walton Award for privitization.
According to the PR Newswire, Lisa MacFarland, formerly with the League of Education Voters (LEV) and now Director of Washington State Education Reform Now/Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), received a $10,000 grant from the Walton’s as an “Education Reformer to Watch” for her work on pushing charter school initiative 1240 in the state of Washington.
And what does Ms. MacFarland plan to do with the cash? Ensure that charter schools open in the state of Washington of course.
Per DFER Watch:
Democrats for Education Reform is a political action committee supported largely by hedge fund managers favoring charter schools, merit-pay tied to test scores, high-stakes testing, school choice (including vouchers and tuition tax credits in some cases), mayoral control, and alternative teacher preparation programs.
Alice Walton supported charter school initiative 1240 in
