Critics Question Philanthropist's Growing Influence in Big School Districts - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Critics Question Philanthropist's Growing Influence in Big School Districts - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Critics Question Philanthropist’s Growing Influence in Big School Districts

June 9, 2011, 10:14 am

Twenty-one of the country’s 75 largest school districts are now led by alumni of the philanthropist Eli Broad’s training center for education administrators, prompting growing scrutiny of the billionaire’s influence on U.S. schools, Education Week writes.

Critics say graduates of the Broad Superintendents Academy pursue a policy of corporatizing schools, applying business-management techniques to education, and diluting the roles of teachers and parents."