Thomas Ultican writes here about the Walton-funded effort to control the public schools of Little Rock. Given the Walton love of charter schools, we can safely assume that they hope to eliminate democratic control of the citizenry and impose charter schools. Ultican follows the money, where it comes from, where it goes.
He writes:
In an apparent reaction to the 2014 school board election, new Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson and the state of Arkansas assumed stewardship of Little Rock School District (LRSD). A law passed January 28, 2015 authorizing the takeover requires the state to give control back to Little Rock voters by January, 2020. New racially motivated proposals hearkening back to the days of openly racist governor, Orville Faubus, ensure minority residents lose their democratic rights. Big money from the Waltons – The world’s wealthiest family – is driving privatization and segregation within LRSD.
A leading Little Rock community activist, Reverend Anika Whitfield, said in an interview, “The Governor, the Attorney General and the state legislature are all controlled by the Walton family.” In 2016 when new Superintendent Mike Poore came to Little Rock from Bentonville, Arkansas (headquarter of the Walton family), Whitfield was suspicious and asked him about his relationship with Walmart’s owners. He replied, “I know you all are apprehensive; I don’t even know Jim Walton.”
Driving Corporate Education Reform in Little Rock
Little Sis Map Showing Leaders of the Attack on LRSD
Bear in mind that the point of corporate reform (as practiced by the Waltons, Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and other of their ilk) is disruption, not school improvement. Their efforts seldom lead to better schools, but always produce disruption.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
These people have nothing better to do with their time so they mess others up for their own profits. Just SAD and so BAD.
An interesting question: Do people who fund these “disruptions” really believe that their efforts are philanthropic or are they cynically trying to manipulate public opinion to gain more money or more power?
This is indeed the operant question we must ask and act on to support any public figure who makes a living being a public figure. Many wealthy people are above board in their support of things like the public library or the symphony. Others seem to support ideas that they wish to appear benevolent, but have underlying motives.
So many billionaires like the Waltons weaponize their wealth to tear down what democracy has built. The assault on public education is an apt example of this. A large part of the agenda is to offer separate and unequal schools to mostly minority schools. This is wrong on so many levels, and we should not be able to use public money to diminish democratic rights and enhance segregation. Governance and equity matter a great deal.
National Christian Foundation-
The influence of the theocracy which includes the Catholic hierarchy and evangelical leaders shouldn’t be underestimated. Relative to school privatization they are both in alignment with the oligarchy, e.g. the Koch network.
The overwhelming majority of Americans (66%) want separation of church and state.
The Catholic and evangelical churches shun American democracy.