StickWithANose

To understand the degree to which the Department of Education has become a victim of corporate capture one need only look at the tools Obama has put into power. Arne Duncan is the know-nothing corporate stooge par excellence but to understand what’s really at work here is to see who this most excellent stooge has employed in the educational superstructure. Building off of yesterday’s post on the sheer lack of empirical evidence informing Arne’s ‘Race to the Top’, it is useful to see who it is that has been charged with the task of overseeing this purely ideological policy. Meet the Broad Foundation’s useful tool, Joanne Weiss…

Joanne Weiss’ most recent employment was as Partner and COO at NewSchools Venture Fund. Her job description states, “she focuses on investment strategy and management assistance to a variety of the firm’s portfolio ventures, and oversees the organization’s operations. As part of this work, she serves on the boards of Aspire Public Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, Leadership Public Schools, New Leaders for New Schools, Revolution Foods, Rocketship Education and Teachscape.”

A distinguished resume for sure… except that she has no training, experience or expertise in education and teaching.