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| Before he opened his education reform conference to the media recently,Bush hosted another education meeting.This event,a private affair in the Palace Hotel,was a reconvening of investors and strategists to plan the next leg of the privatization campaign.Michael Moe,Susan Patrick,Tom Vander Ark and other major players were invited.I waited outside the event,trying to get what information I could.I asked Mayor Fenty how I could get in.“Just crash in,come on in,”he laughed, adding,“so what company are you with?” When he learned that I was a reporter, he shook his head.“Oh, nah, you’re not welcome, then.”An invitation had billed the exclusive gathering as a chance for “philanthropists and venture capitalists” to figure out how to “leverage each other’s strengths”a concise way to describe how for-profit virtual school companies are using philanthropy as a Trojan horse |
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