California Assembly OKs overhaul of low-performing schools

[Hannah Bell]

nasty political pigs snorfle with glee: corporate bribes & kickbacks




http://www.sacbee.com/2010/01/06/2440849/california-assembly-oks-overhaul.html?storylink=lingospot_related_articles

[DailyGrind51]

1. What will they do about low-performing parents?

[Hannah Bell]

2. what will they do about their low-performing selves, for that matter?

bribe-sucking pigs.

[DailyGrind51]

3. I live in Illinois, our politicians look to California's as role models!

Even though we have put 5 past governors in prison

[Catshrink]

4. As does Arizona!

Our Legislative leadership have all taken the Grover Norquist no new/raised taxes pledge and are more afraid of the backlash from that domestic terrorist than from their constituents. Ideology is not governance.

[ipaint]

5. Arne and Broad are best pals in crime.

Schwarzenegger has packed the nine-member State Board of Education with five leaders of the charter school movement, including board President Ted Mitchell, who is president and CEO of the NewSchools Venture fund, a national San Francisco-based firm that provides startup money for charter schools.

Other state board members with ties to the charter school movement are

* Yvonne Chan, a principal of the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, which focuses on "conversion" charter schools;
* Jonathan Williams, founder and co-director of the Accelerated School;
* Jorge Lopez, executive director of the Oakland Charter Academy; and
* Rae Belisle, president and CEO of EdVoice, a school reform lobbying group with strong ties to the charter school movement. Belisle defended the constitutionality of charter schools while serving as chief counsel to the State Board of Education.

EdVoice board members have rewarded Schwarzenegger, contributing at least $1 million to his various campaign committees.

Eli Broad, a co-founder of EdVoice and billionaire Los Angeles developer who has run a Superintendent Academy, which trains CEOs how to run schools, has contributed $430,000 to Schwarzenegger.

Don Fisher, the late Gap founder and a co-founder of EdVoice, and his family have donated $245,000 to Schwarzenegger, and Netflix founder Reed Hastings, also a co-founder of EdVoice, gave $251,491 in stock to the Proposition 1A-1E campaign pushed by Schwarzenegger this year.

Many of the same donors are beginning to bring Romero, the Los Angeles senator who is pushing Schwarzenegger-backed Race to the Top legislation, into their orbit. Romero, who is running for state superintendent of public instruction, has received at least $72,000 from various members of the EdVoice board, including $13,000 from Broad's wife, Edyth, and $6,500 from Hastings.

The Fisher family, deeply involved in school reform causes, has contributed $45,500 to her campaign.


... * There are about 9,898 public schools in California and 809 charter schools,
* the enrollment of a typical charter school is smaller than the enrollment of a typical traditional public school,
* A preponderance of charters are secondary schools: middle and high schools,

…yet 5 of 9 state school board seats are controlled by the charter school community.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_13985326?nclick_check=1

http://4lakidsnews.blogspot.com/2009/12/follow-schwarzenegger-romero-spell-ed.html