 From flickr.com/photos/36196762@N04/4930275692/: Army Photography Contest - 2007 - FMWRC - Arts and Crafts - Eye of the (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Diane Ravitch reports. "This disturbing story: Atlantic Monthly now funded by Walton Family: "All of which is important context for spotlighting a grant of $550,000 made last year by the leading philanthropic proponent of charter schools, the Walton Family Foundation, to the Atlantic Monthly, a storied magazine that's been commanding attention from the nation's educated elite for a century and a half. The grant was made as part of Walton's effort's to shape public policy, with the foundation describing its goal in this area as catalyzing a "national movement demanding choice and accountability.""That's funny because we have been told repeatedly there IS a national movement "demanding" choice and accountability. Apparently it needs paid cheerleaders to "catalyze" the public. It's called "creating demand". What the Walton's see for us... is what our eyes get to see... |
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