"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Friday, May 07, 2010

New Market Tax Credits, or How to Shake the "Public" Education Money Tree

Be sure not to miss Juan Gonzalez's excellent reporting on the use of New Market Tax Credits by charter school construction companies (DemocracyNow! and Daily News).

And, since I just can't resist leaving this out, it should be noted that Dennis Bakke and his crew of cronies at the Imagine Schools teamed up with Citi Community Capital to bring a new school to the DC area using NMTCs. Cha-ching!

Green Dot and KIPP took advantage of NMTCs in California, but the company they used, ExED, is merely a non-profit lubing the finances for their hostile takeover of public education. Certain people know how to shake the money tree - but they'll only put it to use for the privatized version of public schools.

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