Sentences with phrase «wealthy charter school»

Right now Republicans are in danger of being shut out of that general election thanks to Cox and state legislator Travis Allen splitting the GOP vote, even as Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom steadily leads the field and fellow Democrat and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa surfs a wave of TV ads paid for by wealthy charter school supporters.

But issues surrounding charter schools have become particularly contentious at the ballot box in recent years as candidates supported by wealthy charter school advocates have increasingly squared off against those backed by teachers» unions in local and state elections.

Nearly $ 2.3 million from wealthy charter school advocates fueled the nation's most expensive school board elections in Los Angeles last spring, but those donors and their contributions were never disclosed to voters until months after the election, a review of records shows.

A network of wealthy charter school backers is financing ads for Antonio Villaraigosa into a general election with fellow Democrat Gavin Newsom.

Wealthy Charter School backers give big to Malloy — Malloy gives big to charter schools

But it turns out that the Senate Republicans, who have received substantial support from wealthy charter school supporters, had other goals in mind, as well.

The charter expansion plan, known as the Great Public Schools Now Initiative, seeks to raise nearly a half billion dollars by tapping wealthy charter school supporters like the Walton Family Foundation, which has led UTLA to dub it the «Broad - Walmart plan.»

The LA Times» day - after story described the race as «a proxy war between wealthy charter school advocates and public employee unions» and the outcome as «a dramatic political shift.»

Families for Excellent Schools, a group financed by wealthy charter school supporters, seized on the speech, in which the mayor pledged to create 100,000 well - paying jobs over the next decade, to attack him for his opposition to charter schools.

There's a reason, I think, why this ideology is so attractive to many of the wealthy charter school founders and donors Brill profiles, from hedge funder Whitney Tilson to investment manager and banking heir Boykin Curry.

Loeb is one of the nation's wealthiest charter school supporters, and sits on the board of the Success Academy Schools in New York City.