Why Do Some of America’s Wealthiest Individuals Have Fingers in Louisiana’s Education System?

The Nation by Matthew Cunningham-Cook | Oct. 17, 2012 (Investigative Report)

Last fall, a coterie of extremely wealthy billionaires, among them New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, turned the races for unpaid positions on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) into some of the most expensive in the sta Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Education
Topics: Corruption, Wealth, Education Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 23, 2012 - 1:52 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 23, 2012 - 1:55 AM PDT

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