How 2 Send Your Child 2 a Rheely Expensive (and Excellent) Private School

Posted on March 31, 2013 by edushyster2012

It’s a conundrum faced by nearly every public school parent. You run an organization that puts students first, but sending your own personal student to an elite private school costs a flippin’ fortune. Twenty two thousand large to be exact. And that’s just the start of it. As any public school parent who also sends her child to an elite private school with an annual tuition bill of $22,000 knows all too well, the annual tuition bill of $22,000 is just the beginning. Continue reading →

“Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Excellent!”

Posted on December 12, 2012 by edushyster2012

Teach for America has raised nearly $1 billion in the last five years to build a pipeline of excellence into the education rephorm movement.

Today’s $1 billion question: how much excellence does $1 billion buy? The answer is muchos, muchos excellence—if you happen to be Teach for America. $1 billion is roughly the amount that TFA has managed to raise in the past five years, earning it a spot on Forbes list of the 200 largest US charities. Even in today’s union-stifled climate of non-innovation, that’s a lot of excellence. A little perspective: $1 billion is enough to pay every one of TFA’s 28,000 alumni a bonus of $35,000, just for being outstanding. It’s even enough to pay each of TFA’s 16 officers six figure salaries—and still have a cool $300 million left over for additional excellence.
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How 2 Send Your Child 2 a Rheely Expensive (and Excellent) Private School

“Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Excellent!”