An anonymous billionaire has paid the bill for Margaret Spellings to hire the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to conduct "a study" and make recommendations for business-friendly changes at UNC.
BCG has been described as an international consulting firm with "its own distinct and one-dimensional ideological framework, promoting a particular set of public policy choices." BCG, in fact, is the brain trust that may be credited with the charter school system that sprang up in NOLA following Katrina. From the News & Observer:
BCG has been described as an international consulting firm with "its own distinct and one-dimensional ideological framework, promoting a particular set of public policy choices." BCG, in fact, is the brain trust that may be credited with the charter school system that sprang up in NOLA following Katrina. From the News & Observer:
The study was Spellings’ idea. The first step, she said, is to get input “from our various customers and users,” including campuses, legislators, the business community, boards of trustees and others.
Not good news. These guys are huge, well-funded, and happy to work toward the corporatizing of education.
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Just sayin'
ReplyDeleteThe Boston Consulting Group has been heavily involved the the privatization of Philadelphia public schools. "In the City of Corporate Love and Beyond: The Boston Consulting Group, Gates, and the Filthy Rich" http://goo.gl/dpT3f8
The Broad Superintendents Academy has provided a series of Broad Superintendents to the School District of Philadelphia and collaborated with the Boston Consulting Group to develop the plan for privatizing Philadelphia public schools. http://goo.gl/3z5elL
Margaret Spellings has a history with the Broad Foundation going back to 2005 when she was Secretary of Education under George W. Bush.
This is what you can find in a search of the Annual Reports of the Broad Foundation
http://www.broadfoundation.org/foundation_report.html
Broad Foundation Annual Report 2009 – 2010
Page 25
Was on the board of the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems
Along with Joel Klein, Wendy Kopp, Arlene Ackerman, Michelle Rhee, Lawrence Summers, Arne Duncan, Mortimer Zuckerman (publisher of the NY Daily News)
Page 19
“Norfolk Public Schools in Virginia wins the 2005 Broad Prize. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announces the winner at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is the keynote speaker at a celebratory luncheon”
Page 20
“After being a finalist every year since The Broad Prize was created, Boston Public Schools wins the 2006 Broad Prize. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announces the win at a ceremony at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Former President Bill Clinton delivers the keynote address to Boston Public Schools and finalists Bridgeport Public Schools, Conn.; Jersey City Public Schools, N.J.; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; and the New York City Department of Education. Scholarships are awarded to 132 students out of 3,297 applicants.”
Page 21
“The New York City Department of Education wins the 2007 Broad Prize at a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announces the winner, and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell delivers the keynote address. New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein is joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg to accept the award.”
Page 21
Picture caption
Left to right: Eli Broad, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten celebrate at the announcement of the winner of the 2007 Broad Prize.
On the 2009 Broad Prize Selection Jury – page 24
Margaret Spellings
President and CEO, Margaret Spellings and Company Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Broad Foundation Annual Report 2011-2012
She was on the board of the Broad Center for the Management of Schools Systems Board of Directors - Page 40
2011 Broad Prize Selection Jury - Page 56
The Broad Foundations 2013-2014 Report
Speaker at the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools: Uncommon Schools
Page 13
Participated as President of the George W. Bush Foundation
Previously was a speaker at the same event in 2005 and 2006
The Broad Foundations 2013-2014 Report
Page 40