tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post8822287938683703223..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: A free choice for principals?Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-60833571695007934272007-03-21T14:06:00.000-04:002007-03-21T14:06:00.000-04:00I agree with Tom. It would appear these arrangemen...I agree with Tom. It would appear these arrangements would allow the big money (in this case Gates, but later other corporations or foundations) to offer financial inducements to bring schools into the PSOs. The PSOs could potentially be fronts and enforcers for whatever agenda was backing them. Schools would have to turn down the money in order to preserve their independence. Who knows if it's legal or not. But following on Diane Ravitch's eariler history lesson, the abuses of Tammany were often called "honest graft" because the penal code wasn't violated.Patrick Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-76729466420817742352007-03-21T13:43:00.000-04:002007-03-21T13:43:00.000-04:00I'm still going through all of the funding streams...I'm still going through all of the funding streams, but if I'm thinking about this correctly, this greatly expands the roles and the organizational size (budget and staff) of not for profits like New Visions. <BR/><BR/>It also looks like a path for the private sector Wall street folks via not for profits into the budgets and management of public schools. If Edison schools inc. is an indicator of what the private sector is looking to do in public education, besides profit from taxpayer dollars, this is not a good thing and the potential for abuse and corruption seems huge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com