Billionaire Reed Hastings’ is financing a new foundation that will operate a training ground for American public school teachers, a project shrouded in secrecy that will expand his political influence in the American education system, while undermining an essential democratic institution, the American public school He will b uild a fabulous resort in Colorado for teachers, to learn to love charter schools, (& failed reform strategies: high-stakes testing, test-based accountability etc.)"Yes, poverty is the essential problem that afflicts the lives of large numbers of children. Ignore it at your peril, Mr. Hastings. Keep pursuing your vanity projects while teachers and students cry out for smaller classes, bemoan the lack of resources, weep for the loss of the arts and play, and plead for social workers, psychologists, librarians and nurses."