Mercedes Schneider was curious to learn about the new organization Results for America. And so she went to the source: tax documents.
The origin story is almost comical, as one useless but well-funded Organization begets another one. The Result for America: big take-home pay for executives. Lots of verbiage.
If RFA is really interested in evidence-based policy, it will speak out against privatization, vouchers, and charters. Nut since it is funded by Gates, it is not likely to challenge his preferences.
The best part. Due to the computer revolution, no trees were killed to print the documents that spew forth from these groups.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
This is another nauseating neo-liberal notion designed to make money off the poor. It will promote non-evidence based partnerships that will insert itself into policy. These organizations backed by billionaires spread faster than ebola.
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best description for an overall neoliberal agenda: make money off the poor
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“Results for America” is another example of Babushka dolls nested inside other Babushka dolls and each one is smaller than the one before it.
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Lloyd, I think of them as mushrooms. Right before your eyes, they sprout up, another and another and another, all trading staff.
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poison mushrooms
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Matrystuka dolls. A Babushka is a cloth tied around a woman’s head in the style of eastern Europe (esp. Russia).
Geography teacher, and I’m a nerd. Sorry.
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Dear Geography Teacher and Nerd,
Please complain to MasterRussian.com
“It’s hard to find a symbol of Russia more popular than the traditional Russian nesting doll. These decorated wooden dolls “with a secret” are also called matryoshka dolls or babushka dolls.”
Sincerely,
Lloyd Lofthouse
http://masterrussian.com/russianculture/nesting_dolls.htm
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There is nothing benign about the What Works Cities Program cited in the IRS form. It is intended to undermine all values outside of a “best bang for the buck” mindset at every level of governance federal, state, and large metro areas.
I poked around at the website to see who else is supporting the program and how it is connected to international efforts. The multilevel aspiration is to shape governance by a systems of ratings and certifications for “effectiveness” with efficiency part of the rating system.
IN 2017, RFA LAUNCHED THE WHAT WORKS CITIES CERTIFICATION PROCESS, FOR WHICH OVER 180 CITIES APPLIED. THE PROCESS RESULTED IN CERTIFYING 9 CITIES NATIONWIDE AS USING EVIDENCE AND DATA EFFECTIVELY IN POLICY AND DECISION MAKING. RFA IS LOOKING TO GROW THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED CITIES TO OVER 40 IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHICH WOULD MEAN MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS BENEFITING FROM RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITH EVIDENCE THAT THEY WORK.
The aim is to have every social and gov’ment run program rated and “certified” by persons other than elected officials, with opportunities for NGOs to “nudge” decisions. Next up: pay for success contracting with profits for proofs of outcomes. Notice that the Bloomberg Philanthropies is the website for What Works Cities.
https://whatworkscities.bloomberg.org/certification/
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In other words moving more public services into private pockets. All we have to do is look at the private companies that are running the migrant detention centers to see how this will work. This is another scheme for corporations to carve up the common good by monetizing misery.
While they are looking at evidence, they should consider there is not a shred of evidence that supports the privatization of public education and the carving up of the common good. It is a power-money grab hidden in fancy rhetoric.
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