I've been watching House of Cards and was intending to write something about the anti-teacher union POV so thanks to Randy Shaw at Portside for this. He doesn't mention that Netflix boss Reed Hastings is a noted deformer at the Broad/Gates level. Here are some links to more on Hastings and below the Portside piece another good analysis from Crooks and Liars.
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May 11, 2012 –
REED HASTINGS: About half my work in
education is US political
reform around
school districts and charter schools, and creating more room
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May 3, 2012 – I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors.
... on competition, technology, and accountability as three pillars of
education reform,
... Below are excerpts from
Reed Hastings' Education Innovation Sumit talk,
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Sep 24, 2011 – When it comes to
education, R&D cycles can take years, producing results that are out of date the minute they're
... That
Reed Hastings doesn't miss a beat, does he!
.... If the Public Mattered to Arne and the
Reform Scho.
6 days ago – Netflix's terrific new series, House of Cards, features a legislative battle over
education reform as envisioned by
Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO.
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Netflix’s new House of Cards series offers an inside look at Beltway power games and is far better than most of this genre---which is why its retrograde and even racist union-bashing is so unfortunate.
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