This lack of value placed on experience and dearth of respect for wisdom really wreaks of ageism. Does anyone know if it has been successfully argued in court that this is indicative of age discrimination?

Deliberate Misunderstanding?

I’m sorry, but it requires no special effort to misunderstand you when you write something like:

• “Vouchers and private schools. Get government OUT of the education business.”

I just can’t imagine on what principle — on what libertarian principle — governments at any level would have the right to collect taxes from the general populace and distribute vouchers to private individuals toward the funding of private enterprises that advertise themselves as “schools”, whatever the devil that could mean in the absence of any authorized definition.

http://atthechalkface.com/2013/05/20/michelle-rhee-in-the-poor-house/

Given their tax status, foundations aren’t supposed to become involved in political efforts. However, they’ve obviously been violating both the spirit and the letter of that law, and doing as they please with impunity.

Who in the media will look into this? It’s a serious violation of tax law and a significant indicator that something is wrong, very wrong, with a system that allows a handful of billionaires to inject themselves right into the middle of political campaigns, from ballot measures like last year’s odious, pro-charter, pro-trigger Initiative-1240 in Washington—where they contributed to the pro-charter side’s 17 to 1 advantage!—to every pro-privatization effort they’ve generously funded over the years.

This is an egregious violation of the public trust. Why should these foundations be given this type of tax status if they’re going to use it for explicit and implicit political efforts?

Nothing like investing in what will last.

Glad to see the New Republic jump on the anti-Rhee bandwagon. A few months ago they were championing her brand of school reform.