The McKeesport School District (in the greater Pittsburgh area) thought it has a great deal Dick's Sporting Goods, the massive sporty stuff retailer, wanted to team up its foundation with the not-very-wealthy district.
Never thought about PPP in schools that way (at all actually.). You make an excellent point that should be read aloud at every school board meeting across the country.
I don't disagree with you. But I also don't think it is any more or less "bananas" than the folks at CollegeBoard hiding behind their facade of "not-for-profit 501(c)(3) status" to commandeer the shape of public education across the country. Or worse yet, Curriculum Associates LLC (iReady) and their bogus claims to create a love for reading by focusing on the science of it.
I agree with you that corporations do not belong in the public school classroom.
Perhaps the key to making a successful relationship between private and public (the latter designating items mandated by law as opposed to by grace (no strings) versus transaction (conditional)) funds in public education is to adopt the model with private institutions and with public tertiary institutions in the process of fundraising. Fundraising and private institutions and public tertiary institutions frequently stipulates from the requester that donors identify tasks or projects for which the donated money might be used or identify that there is no restriction to such use. Occasionally or maybe more frequently than I realize, institutions allow themselves to be bent or refracted to a certain position by a given donor, but for the most part, funds are accepted by an institution because they agree with the constraints or alternatively accept them without constraints.
Agree, Peter. What stands out is the philanthropy is a poor and fraught solution to meeting the education needs of students, that corrupts democratic processes. Human needs should be fully funded with progressive income and corporate taxes.
I don’t suppose that fully taxing corporations is a solution being contemplated. If corporations want to be “people” too, let them pay taxes like people. I get taxed on my full income - not just the “profit” left over after expenses. Tax them 12-15% on gross revenue just like any other taxpayer.
Never thought about PPP in schools that way (at all actually.). You make an excellent point that should be read aloud at every school board meeting across the country.
I don't disagree with you. But I also don't think it is any more or less "bananas" than the folks at CollegeBoard hiding behind their facade of "not-for-profit 501(c)(3) status" to commandeer the shape of public education across the country. Or worse yet, Curriculum Associates LLC (iReady) and their bogus claims to create a love for reading by focusing on the science of it.
I agree with you that corporations do not belong in the public school classroom.
Perhaps the key to making a successful relationship between private and public (the latter designating items mandated by law as opposed to by grace (no strings) versus transaction (conditional)) funds in public education is to adopt the model with private institutions and with public tertiary institutions in the process of fundraising. Fundraising and private institutions and public tertiary institutions frequently stipulates from the requester that donors identify tasks or projects for which the donated money might be used or identify that there is no restriction to such use. Occasionally or maybe more frequently than I realize, institutions allow themselves to be bent or refracted to a certain position by a given donor, but for the most part, funds are accepted by an institution because they agree with the constraints or alternatively accept them without constraints.
Agree, Peter. What stands out is the philanthropy is a poor and fraught solution to meeting the education needs of students, that corrupts democratic processes. Human needs should be fully funded with progressive income and corporate taxes.
I don’t suppose that fully taxing corporations is a solution being contemplated. If corporations want to be “people” too, let them pay taxes like people. I get taxed on my full income - not just the “profit” left over after expenses. Tax them 12-15% on gross revenue just like any other taxpayer.