With the NY Times report today on how an official was fired after refusing to pay $1 billion to corrupt food contracter KBR which has received a total of $20 billion, supporters of the status quo in education have requested a piece of the action to reduce class size, expand early childhood programs and provide services for at-risk teens.
Members of the secretly funded Educational Quality Project laughed at the idea, claiming comparing money funneled to corporations with heavy political contacts and educational funding is an apples and oranges comparison.
EQP founders Michelle Rhee, Joel Klein, Al Sharpton and Andrew Rotherham issued a joint statement claiming that no new funding was needed to solve educational problems. "Just get rid of teacher unions and turn public schools into charters and all will be well," the statement said. "However, we wish we could get a piece of that $20 billion to open 10,000 KIPP schools."
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