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You know corruption when you see it. You know corruption when the corrupt hide the fact.
Here you have a government agency, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been having top staffers paid for by a private Foundation, not approved by the Board or the taxpayers.
"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 reforms in 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."
And you really thought that the voters elect a school board to run the District?
Between these private financial sources and the unions, you can understand why government education in Los Angeles is a total failure--50% drop out rate, maybe10% of the graduates go to college.
Angry yet? Time to take back government?
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Here you have a government agency, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been having top staffers paid for by a private Foundation, not approved by the Board or the taxpayers.
"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 reforms in 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."
And you really thought that the voters elect a school board to run the District?
Between these private financial sources and the unions, you can understand why government education in Los Angeles is a total failure--50% drop out rate, maybe10% of the graduates go to college.
Angry yet? Time to take back government?
More...