| THE TRUTH AND THE LIES Teachers College Press has published a major study of venture philanthropy and its efforts to introduce market forces into teacher education.The article focuses on the key role of the NewSchools Venture Fund in promoting legislation to authorize CHARTER academies to TO TRAIN TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. The STRATEGY of the venture philanthropists is by now familiar: FIRST, PROCLAIM that traditional institutions are FAILING second, DECLARE A CRISIS; third, PROPOSE A MARKET-BASED SOLUTION accompanied by GRANDIOSE PROMISES." This article focuses on the growing role of venture philanthropy in shaping policy and practice in teacher education in the United States. Our goal is to bring a greater level of transparency to private influences on public policy and to promote greater discussion and debate in the public arena about alternative solutions to current problems. |
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