Bowser's call for more "private funding" of DCPS

[Anonymous]

I was just reading her position pPer on education today and was alarmed at her commitment to finding more private funding for DCPS and school reform. Private funding usually comes with strings attached and in the education arena those finders and strings make this voter very wary. I'm leaning toward Catania. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading her position pPer on education today and was alarmed at her commitment to finding more private funding for DCPS and school reform. Private funding usually comes with strings attached and in the education arena those finders and strings make this voter very wary. I'm leaning toward Catania. Thoughts?

Private funding also comes with the murky shadows of private insider dealing. Look how the insular Ellington board paid the former Principal a compensation package 3 times the market rate, citing private funding sources. Of course, at the same time they were citing a shortage of funds as they were laying off full time faculty! There is too much potential for non-transparency, conflicts of interest and shadow governance where public schools become dependent in substantial part on private fundraising.

[Anonymous]

Of course, Bowser is no stranger to fundraising from shadowy sources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading her position pPer on education today and was alarmed at her commitment to finding more private funding for DCPS and school reform. Private funding usually comes with strings attached and in the education arena those finders and strings make this voter very wary. I'm leaning toward Catania. Thoughts?

Private funding also comes with the murky shadows of private insider dealing. Look how the insular Ellington board paid the former Principal a compensation package 3 times the market rate, citing private funding sources. Of course, at the same time they were citing a shortage of funds as they were laying off full time faculty! There is too much potential for non-transparency, conflicts of interest and shadow governance where public schools become dependent in substantial part on private fundraising.

+1000

[Anonymous]

I already voted for Catania, so I'm obviously biased, but she seems to have so many areas that raise red flags for me regarding corruption and cronyism. This one is begging for abuse.

[Anonymous]

Catania introduced legislation to turn low performing schools over to "third parties". If you want to avoid charter creep/Koch Brothers money in the schools, Catania is not your choice.

[Anonymous]

There are no viable mayoral candidates in this race who will resist the increasing privatization of our schools. DC is a petri dish for siphoning public education money into private hands -- it's (and NOLA) are the experimental sites for a national scale-up on the privatization of our public education system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no viable mayoral candidates in this race who will resist the increasing privatization of our schools. DC is a petri dish for siphoning public education money into private hands -- it's (and NOLA) are the experimental sites for a national scale-up on the privatization of our public education system.

Totally agree.
In the meantime parents are taking their children's education and school choice one year at a time.

[Anonymous]

Ladies and gentlemen.........introducing your new mayor.......Muriel Bowser!!!!!!!!

Even Mr. Steele is running her ads, at least on the version of this page I am seeing. So at least he is making some money out of this debacle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ladies and gentlemen.........introducing your new mayor.......Muriel Bowser!!!!!!!!

Even Mr. Steele is running her ads, at least on the version of this page I am seeing. So at least he is making some money out of this debacle.

Mayor Muriel Bowser....
Has a familiar ring to it....
Oh, yeah. I remember now.
Mayor Marion Barry.

(Who recently said of David Catania, "WE're going to kick his ass."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ladies and gentlemen.........introducing your new mayor.......Muriel Bowser!!!!!!!!

Even Mr. Steele is running her ads, at least on the version of this page I am seeing. So at least he is making some money out of this debacle.

Jeff doesn't get to choose who the advertisers are. The space on the page is rented out to Google, and Google analyzes the content of the page to match it with advertisers who are looking for certain audiences. Something about this discussion makes us attractive to Muriel Bowser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies and gentlemen.........introducing your new mayor.......Muriel Bowser!!!!!!!!

Even Mr. Steele is running her ads, at least on the version of this page I am seeing. So at least he is making some money out of this debacle.

Jeff doesn't get to choose who the advertisers are. The space on the page is rented out to Google, and Google analyzes the content of the page to match it with advertisers who are looking for certain audiences. Something about this discussion makes us attractive to Muriel Bowser.

I figured it was something like that. I just thought it was amusing considering Mr. Steele's own preferences.

[Anonymous]

One has to ask one's self, what do the private funders get out of it?

[Anonymous]

Paying someone a salary through private funding is not such a crime... Don't we dangle grants in front of schools to make them more lucrative? I so freaking sick that people are outraged about the former Ellington ' s principal salary. Crap, if his colleagues are not possible a bitch about their peer making more, then why are we jealous? It is racial and you know it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading her position pPer on education today and was alarmed at her commitment to finding more private funding for DCPS and school reform. Private funding usually comes with strings attached and in the education arena those finders and strings make this voter very wary. I'm leaning toward Catania. Thoughts?

More private funding means more CityBridge involvement and other established reformers who backed Michelle Rhee and pushed Bowser to say she'd keep Kaya. I am OK with all of that but voted for Catania who will make big change happen as uncomfortable as that might be. We still need big change.