Failing The Test: UCLA's John Rogers on Eli Broad's Charter School Takeover Dreams - CAPITAL & MAIN

Failing The Test: UCLA's John Rogers on Eli Broad's Charter School Takeover Dreams - CAPITAL & MAIN

LA district Superintendent Resigns after months of turmoil.

Marshall  Tuck could apply for this job!

From EdSource,  

In a statement issued jointly by Deasy and the board, the board stated that “at this time it does  not believe that the superintendent engaged in any ethical violations or unlawful acts.” Deasy has been at the center of a controversy regarding a $30 million contract awarded to Apple computer that distributed iPads to students. According to the statement, Deasy will remain “on special assignment” with the district until the end of the year.

http://edsource.org/2014/deasy-resigns-as-superintendent-of-la-unified/68652#.VEHqpL6FJpS

From Hechinger Report-  an advocate of the corporate “reform” network.

Note. There are three links on this post to three different news sources of this story.  Readers are encouraged  to compare the coverage.   http://hechingerreport.org/content/months-turmoil-la-schools-superintendent-deasy-resigns_17718/

Take the Vergara v. California trial, which in June overturned state’s laws governing teacher tenure, seniority and dismissal. Deasy was the prosecution’s star witness. According to Zimmer, who supports some of the changes in teacher-protection, Deasy never even discussed the case with the school board. Zimmer was particularly disturbed that Deasy seemed to enjoy taking down laws that were put in place to protect the 28,000 teachers he leads.

His friends. ..

“Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa brought Deasy into the district with backing from billionaire Eli Broad, with the hope of growing the charter school system, confronting the teachers union, and changing the terms of teacher employment in Los Angeles

He is a 2006 graduate of a superintendent-training program funded by Broad, who favors teacher evaluations based on test scores.”

 Ed Note. These are the same bakers and financiers of the campaign of Marshall Tuck for California Superintendent of Public Instruction. See 
http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2014/10/corporate-titans-throw-millions-into.html below.

 This is not guilt by association.  This is recognizing the network of supporters for this group of “alleged” school reformers. Perhaps if Tuck looses the election, he can apply for this open job. 

For a news report on his departure, not a corporate  "reform" promotion piece, see
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-lausd-deasy-20141017-story.html#page=1

Corporate Titans throw Millions into Tuck Campaign

Corporate school  “reformers” have raised over $4 million from the very rich during the last week to contribute to the campaign to elect Marshall Tuck as Superintendent of Public Instruction.  According the Sacramento Bee The fund includes $1 million each from Los Angeles businessmen Bill Bloomfield and Eli Broad, a major financier of efforts to overhaul public education. The Gap co-founder Doris Fisher and Laurene Powell Jobs, philanthropist and widow of Steve Jobs, have each contributed $500,000.

This anti union efforts raised in just one week  dwarfs the $2 million raised by teachers’ unions in favor of Torlakson.

Corporate advocates want Tuck in office to  support the anti tenure decisions and anti teacher due process  procedures of the Vergara case.

A handful of ultra-wealthy donors who support school privatization and cutting public pension systems are behind a flood of spending supporting former Wall Street Banker Marshall Tuck's campaign for state schools superintendent, campaign disclosure records show.

Far from "Parents and Teachers for Tuck," the $4.7 million collected so far comes instead from sources that support school vouchers, privatization of public pension systems and using disruptive business tactics to overhaul public schools.

Major funders include:

$500,000 from Carrie Walton Penner, whose family made its fortune running anti-union, low-wage paying Wal-Mart. The Walmart 1% website reports that Penner's biography includes serving on the board of the Alliance for School Choice - a school voucher advocacy group.

House of Cards Episode 1 - "Broad's Academy of Power"

In this, episode 1 of the Badass Teacher’s House of Card Series, Eli Broad’s ideals and his intentions for the Public School System in America are exposed. Don’t believe the rhetoric and propaganda, instead do YOUR homework and follow the money trail.

Who is Eli Broad?
http://www.defendpubliceducation.net/
http://www.broadeducation.org/about/c…

Is Broad a Public School Bully in his own back yard?
http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-30…