In a hotly contested race, a former principal of a KIPP charter school is running for a seat on the Portland, Oregon, school board. The website of the candidate, Jamila Singleton Munson, does not mention her role in the KIPP corporate chain or the fact that she was chief of staff for Teach for America. Apparently she is still employed by TFA. TFA has a branch–Leaders for Educational Equity–that encourages and funds its personnel to run for office, as part of its plan to dominate state and local school boards.
Munson’s resume demonstrates she’s part of the country’s education-reform movement that generally supports school choice and charter schools as well as the use of test scores to measure acceptability for schools. Teachers unions generally oppose those approaches.
Steve Buel dropped out of the race. Rita Moore is the pro-public school candidate.
http://www.mooreforschools.com
Will Portland elect a public school advocate or an advocate for privatization of its public schools?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
And it could get even worse for Portland public schools…
http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2017/03/03/key-atlanta-public-schools-leader-is-sole-finalist-for-top-job-in-portland-oregon/
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Ed, can you give us more specific info on Dickey and his ties with the ‘reform’ movement? Or is his high level involvement in APS by default mean he is pro-‘choice’ and charter? Many in Portland value our neighborhood schools and need to know if we will will have to anticipate I fight to stave off neighborhood school closures. Thank you.
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Is this an election you would vote in? Maybe.
Ira Fader Mass. Teachers Assoc. 617-878-8245 (o)
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Has Rita Moore connected with WFP?
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Diane Ravitch’s blog wrote:
> dianeravitch posted: “In a hotly contested race, a former principal of a > KIPP charter school is running for a seat on the Portland, Oregon, school > board. The website of the candidate, Jamila Singleton Munson, does not > mention her role in the KIPP corporate chain or the fact th” >
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We have been relatively protected in Oregon up to now from charter and privatization forces that have been so prevalent in many large urban areas. Thank you, Diane, for warning people!
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