Last Saturday, PEJAM hosted a Forum with Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report and Michael Brunson, the Recording Secretary of the Chicago Teachers Union. The forum addressed the corporate assault on public education, and how the Chicago Teachers Union was able to fight back with an on-going community organizing effort and a strike. One of the themes that came out of the forum was the growing effort of the corporate reformers to take direct control of leadership positions in local school districts.
Here in Minneapolis, our
local TFA school board candidate, Josh Reimnitz,
has raised a record-breaking $37,195! He is running to represent just
District 4, and his revenue is substantially more than any
city-wide candidate has raised. How does a 26 year old raise this much?
He has contributions from almost every local corporate education
reformer including people from Teach for America, McKinsey and Company,
and Charter School Partners. Take a look at the full list. This is not
what democracy should look like.
- Go to http://www16.co.hennepin.mn.us/cfrs/welcome.do
- Choose "candidate" and click "search"
- Click on "r" and then select "Reimnitz, Josh"
- Click "view details"
- Finally click "Pre-General Report 2012"
Posted by: Rob Panning-Miller
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