Mike Klonsky's Blog

Credit: Creative Commons/AFGE "Ed reformers are just waiting for their turn to talk. They only want to talk about themselves. Anyt...

Peter Cunningham (right) flack for corporate reformers like Arne Duncan & Eli Broad Last week, I got into a twitter spat with former...

"No more prizes", says billionaire Eli Broad.  If your school district is hoping for a Broad Prize to carry it over the hump, ...

"I am the decider, and you have nothing to do with it.”  --  Christie to Mayor Baraka Kristen Crowell “Certainly, it is our opin...

A SmallTalk Salute ...This one goes out to the 40 teachers at Maria Saucedo Elementary Scholastic Academy who voted unanimously Tuesday to...

Amiri Baraka's son Ras, delivers his eulogy (Video). Ras Baraka  "Every nurse that would come in the room he said, ...

Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren on the conflict between capitalism and humanism: "You can't have both." ...

CAROL MARIN I asked each to name their political heroes. Will Guzzardi said, among others, the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone and Mass...

Where's the Zuckerberg $$? "We don’t know what the foundation is doing or how they intend to spend the other money. With that mo...

 A start of something big? (M. Klonsky pic)  Save our schools The Obama/Boehner debt-ceiling deal is disaster capitalism at it...

In case you were wondering who holds the real power in setting policy for Chicago Public Schools, follow this money stream. Here's an ex...

Dear Michael Klonsky , I want to thank you for your chapter "Power Philanthropy " in The Gates Foundation and the Future of U.S...

He's dreaming of a white Christmas "You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK. Where I come from ...

NCRP , a philanthropic watchdog group, has released a blockbuster report,  Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education , showing how few of ...

When billionaires' goals do harm Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a former education co...

Bill Gates is back on top of the Billionaire Boys Club* this year, with $54 billion in personal wealth. Then there's $30b more (tax...

His title is Deputy Supt., but there's little doubt that Broad Fellow and Gates Foundation implant, John Deasy is running the show in...

Exelon Corp .was in the news here in Chicago twice in one week. First as the parent company of Commonwealth Edison, the largest operator of ...

The problem with billionaire philanthropists A strong nonprofit sector, fueled by tax-deductible donations, is one of the great things abo...

'We'll-tell-you-how' philanthropy In the past, says University of Michigan historian Maris A. Vinovskis , benefactors "we...