Business-Managed Democracy

• Introduction

• School Funding

• Commercialism

• Sponsored Materials

• Business Campaigns
• Key Individuals
  • Edward B. Rust
  • Rust Connections
  • David Kearns
  • Louis Gerstner
• Business Coalitions
  • Business Roundtable
  • State Campaigns
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Advocacy Groups
  • Stand For Children
  • Sponsors/Funders
• Foundations
  • Funding Networks
  • Walton Family
  • Bill and Melinda Gates
  • Eli and Edythe Broad
  • Dick and Betsy DeVos
• Think Tanks
  • Key Personnel
  • Overlaps
  • Foundation Funding
• National Summits
• Education Crises
  • USA
  • UK
  • Australia
• Profit Seekers
  • McGraw-Hill
  • McGraw-Hill Network
  • Pearson
  • Other Publishers
  • Tutoring
  • 21C Skills
• References

• Schools as Businesses

• Standardised Curricula

• School Choice

• Privatising Schools


 

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Business-Managed Education

Key Individuals

A small number of business executives played a key role in the US in the achievement of a business-managed school reform that would suit business interests. They include:

Edward B. Rust David Kearns Louis Gerstner

Several wealthy business people have also played key roles in the US in promoting school choice and privatisation. Education analyst Diane Ravitch has "called this group 'the billionaire boys club,' which includes Gates, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation". Others are listed below:

Wealthy Individuals	Positions - past and present	Donations
Dick DeVos President of Amway (1993-2002)	• Co-chair of Kids First! Yes! • Co-chair, Education Freedom Fund • Board of the Children’s Scholarship Fund • Founder of All Children Matter • Michigan Board of Education • Michigan Business Roundtable • Candidate for Michigan governorship (2006) • Board, Education Freedom Fund	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Republican Party Advocacy groups and coalitions
Betsy DeVos	• US Secretary of Education, • Co-chair, Education Freedom Fund (EFF), • Co-chair, Of the People • Board of Children First America • Founder of All Children Matter (AMC) • Founder, chair, Great Lakes Education Project • Director, James Madison Institute • Chair of Michigan Republican Party
Ted Forstmann Venture capitalist, Forstmann Little & Co	• Co-chair, founder Children’s Scholarhip Fund. • CEO and funder, Put Parents in Charge • Honorary chairman, Washington Scholarship Fund	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Voucher advertising campaigns
James Leininger	• Founder, Texas Public Policy Foundation (think tank modelled on Heritage Foundation)	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Putting Children First PAC Republican Party
J. Patrick Rooney	• National Center for Policy Analysis (TX) • American Legislative Exchange Council State Policy Network • Chair, American Education Reform Foundation • Board, Washington Scholarship Fund • Board, CEO America	Conservative causes Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes
John Walton Heir to Wal-Mart fortune	• Co-chair, founder, Children’s Scholarhip Fund • Board, CEO America Director, Tesseract Group • Founder, Schools Research Foundation • Board, AERC • past president, AERF	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Charter schools Advocacy groups and coalitions

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