Key L.A. Unified staff positions are funded privately

[tonysam]

Broad, Walton, etc., strike again. More bribery and less transparency for people who are actually public servants:

Private money is paying for key senior staff positions in the Los Angeles Unified School District -- providing needed expertise at a bargain rate, but also raising questions about transparency and the direction of reformsin the nation's second-largest school system.

The highest-level outside-funded position belongs to Matt Hill, whose salary is covered by the foundation of billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad. Hill is overseeing the district's high-profile effort through which groups inside or outside L.A. Unified could take over new and low-performing schools.

The pay of more than a dozen others is funded by a nearly $4.4-million grant from the Wasserman Foundation, a $1.2-million grant from the Walton Family Foundation and smaller amounts from the Hewlett and the Ford foundations.

These employees and consultants are developing a new system to evaluate teachers and administrators; streamlining district operations; and developing a more transparent budget and enhanced student data.

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Susan Ohanian has more about this sleazy cast of characters.

[Hannah Bell]

1. Same thing happening in Seattle, a district which disallows charters -- but is

being targeted for busting.

When billionaires decide public policy there's a name for it. I can't say the name lest I be accused of hyperbole & conspiracy theory. But the name is just for what's happening.