Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1035650
LOOK MARSHALL TUCK PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CTA RECOMMENDS TONY THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MARSHALL TUCK Received a resounding vote of no confidence from teachers in eight out of 10 public schools he managed Supports corporate charter schools that shift hundreds of millions of dollars out of our neighborhood public schools Mismanaged his charter school network, leading to a federal tax lien Supported by the anti-public school billionaires' club — those with ties to Betsy DeVos Tied to billionaires who have spent $70 million since 2016 in CA on candidates like Tuck who support their agenda EXPERIENCE IN CHARTER MANAGEMENT He's a former Wall Street investment banker who became an adviser to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He served as president of Green Dot Charter Schools and was CEO of Villaraigosa's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS). ENDORSED BY CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES While Tuck pledged not to take money from corporations or Political Action Committees, seven billionaires have combined to spend more than $8.5 million on the corporate charter school champion – including three heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune, charter school funder Eli Broad and former LA Mayor Richard Riordan. RECORD TARNISHED WITH BROKEN PROMISES His record in managing charter schools is murky. Green Dot Public Schools and the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS) both have long lists of unanswered questions and broken promises to communities resulting in teachers from 8 out of 10 PLAS schools issuing a vote of no confidence. DISCIPLE OF THE CORPORATE CHARTER SCHOOL MOVEMENT He believes in using taxpayer money to fund privately managed charter schools. And billionaires have filled his campaign coffers in the hope that he will become Superintendent of Public Instruction and accelerate the unregulated expansion of those charter schools in the name of "educational flexibility." For a deeper comparison of the two candidates, see cta.org/spi. 47 O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R 2 018