After their failed experiment with Mike Miles, a Broadie who surrounded himself with young but very well-compensated aides from TFA, the elites decided to buy control of the school board. It became too expensive for an ordinary citizen to compete with the money that the elites were pouring in. One candidate, Lori Kilpatrick, almost upset an incumbent, even though her resources were meager. The corporate elites decided not to take any chances in the run off. Her opponent won by outspending her 34-1.
The business elites have an agenda. Hire as many TFA as possible and drive out experienced teachers. Close public schools and replace them with charter schools. So far, none of their plans has benefitted the children of Dallas.
It is a sad story and I hope you will take the time to read it.
Tom Ultican often refers to the “Destroy Public Education” movement.
Dallas elites are in the forefront of that movement. Shame on them. They belong on the Wall of Shame.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
“Broad-trained administrators are famous for; closing public schools, hiring consultants, bad relations with teachers, large technology purchases and saddling school districts with debt.”
Why any community that cares about the future of its public schools would hire an unqualified, fake superintendent or CEO is beyond me? The wealthy elites do not care about the future of poor, mostly minority students or even the working class. Their attack on public schools is a race and class warfare. The people of Dallas should vote out the politicians that are enabling the destruction of public education in the city.
The Wall of Shame isn’t going far enough. A better place would be to build a huge pyramid in Death Valley and seal them inside (with no food or water) with no communication links to the outside and they never to see the light of day again.
And when their air supply runs out since they are “sealed” in ….