NYC Public School Parents: Two leaked memos showing how desperate corporate reformers are to retain failed status quo policies after the election

NYC Public School Parents: Two leaked memos showing how desperate corporate reformers are to retain failed status quo policies after the election:

Two leaked memos showing how desperate corporate reformers are to retain failed status quo policies after the election

by Leonie Haimson

Two leaked memos show how desperately the corporate reformers in the administration and in the private sector want their policies to be retained after the mayoral election – despite the huge public disgust with the status quo. 

The first is a  memo from the Parthenon group, available at the GothamSchools website; showing how the DOE is avidly trying to strategize as to how to keep the network structure in place, when nearly all the Democratic candidates oppose it.

To this end, DOE has hired Parthenon as consultants for $375,000, paid for through private funds.  FYI, Parthenon is also one of Gates Foundation’s favorite consulting companies, so quite possible they are footing the bill for initial phase of project.  

However, as GS notes: “A longer-term phase of the project that Parthenon pitched involves managing the implementation of its vision during the 2013-2014 school year.