I noticed in the Sunday Globe that Governor Baker has proclaimed this “School Choice Week” and I thought, what better time than School Privatization Week to re-up some of my favorite dark money and the politics of school privatization posts? It’s Saturday, we have a blizzard, so I’ve decided to post Your National Parents Union Reader and Your Massachusetts Parents United Reader. Read ’em all, or pick out a few favorites. The Waltons and now Charles Koch have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars and even millions into these phony “parent” groups. Ties to the Christian Right, creation stories, and the lucrative nature of being a mom-in-chief–it’s all here!
My book, Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization, is now available.]
In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape, have full swing. . . . Publicity is the very soul of justice.”—Jeremy Bentham
[Full disclosure: as an educator in the UMass system, I am a union member. I write about dark money, democracy, and oligarchy.]