Disparaging OptOut? Ed Post Billionaire Front Job Laid Bare

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig One comment

Recently Peter Cunningham made comments disparaging the opt out of testing movement.

@SavOurSchoolsNJ @leoniehaimson @JessedHagopian If you keep saying it, you might even believe it.

— Peter Cunningham (@PCunningham57) April 24, 2016

@leoniehaimson Recruiting a small percentage of POC doesn't change the fact that opt out is largely driven by middle class whites.

— Peter Cunningham (@PCunningham57) April 24, 2016

.@PCunningham57 paid $$ by nonPOC to say that https://t.co/97YBv6l2L0 @leoniehaimson @xianb8 @JessedHagopian @SavOurSchoolsNJ @jamaalabowman

— JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) April 24, 2016

Who is Peter Cunningham? Who pays Peter Cunningham? The answer might and might not surprise you…

But first… Peter, no matter how much money you and your billionaire friends spend on the blogosphere, we will still collectively have more voice because we have the people. We will continue to shine a light on your front job for the billionaires. Specifically these:

In mid-2014, four entities united in order to form (and fund) a nonprofit, the Results in Education Foundation (RIEF). These four entities were former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Emerson Collective. As reported on the RIEF 2014 tax form, all four donated money [continue here.]

So, if Peter Cunningham says it, I know I won’t believe it.

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Ed Post Billionaire Front Job Laid Bare https://t.co/1ZGY7giw3E via @ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA #optout pic.twitter.com/12SMKj9W2B

— Clyde Gaw (@campak14) April 24, 2016